Friday, April 29, 2005
My Ultimate Art Project
Top Ten List: Top Ten Favorite Science Fiction Series
- Star Trek: The Original Series
- Farscape
- Stargate SG-1
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- Signs
- Andromeda
- Firefly
- Alf
- Star Trek: Enterprise
The Philosopher Goldfish Ponders God
Hmmm
Does God exist?
What?
Hmm
What?
Hmm
Hmm
Who?
He’s a Pinball Wizard?
What?
Hmm
Does God exist?
What is God?
I’m Hungry
That’s me in the corner
That’s me in the spotlight
Eating my Egg McMuffin
What?
Where?
God is a Pinball Wizard.
Pinball Wizard?
What?
What did I say?
What did you say?
Who are you?
Who?
Who?
Who?
Who?
What?
Hmm
What is God?
Where did that come from?
What?
What is God?
What does he want from me?
What?
Hmm
Hmmm
Hmmmm
God.
Hare Krishna
Day 2 of my Cold, Song Meanings and The Guest Star on Yesterday's Episode of Stargate SG-1
I’m staying at home again, and I feel a little guilty. I still feel kind of sick, but not as sick as I did yesterday. At least I will have more company then Ralph, Naous and the guys. My family has hired some cleaning ladies. I don’t really notice anything different besides the fact that my bed is made. They clean the floors from my understanding and I imagine that they are good at their job, but I don’t really notice anything.
I have difficulty understanding the meanings of songs. I was watching a bit about U2, and they were explaining the lyrics to one song and I thought "Oh, I didn’t know that." This turns up a lot. This really bothers me because I felt that I should know that. I guess this has something to do with my Aspergers Syndrome. It seems the most likely solution.
We’ll, any fellow Canadians see Stargate last night on Space?, Because you’ll never guess who was guest staring on it. Claudia Blank, who played Aeryn Sun on Farscape. I was interested because I don’t know what she’s doing know that Farscape is over. Does anyone reading this watch Farscape or Stargate? Just curious.
Thursday, April 28, 2005
The Voran Legion
Type of Government: Not a government as much as an entire race of mercenaries-for-hire
Number of Star Systems: They don’t really own any planets
Size of Fleet: unknown, but it is really big
The Earth We Be Demolished To Make Way For A New Hyperspace Bypass in 1 Day. Pack Up Your Fish and Towel and Make Your Last Orders
A Random Post on A Raining Thursday Morning
Wednesday, April 27, 2005
The World According To Ralph: Our Good Friend, The Charlie Chaplin Alien
- He’s a member of an advanced alien race. It is possible that he is some sort of being that could be an alien who has come to Earth and used the form of Charlie Chaplin as a disguise because of a cock-up in the alien research department of his species. However, if this is the case, then he should have adjusted to the environment and he has not, unless he couldn’t. This one is just too confusing.
- He’s the real Little Tramp. This may seem crazy to most people, but from my experience it is not that farfetched. It is possible he has been summoned out of his dimension, or has found a way to leave voluntarily. This seems the most likely answer so far.
To add to things, it appears that Charlie was chased by a police man with a nightstick, similar to the one that would chase Charlie Chaplin. We don’t know what that means, besides that Charlie is on the run, or that there is a dimensional rift.
Anyways, thank you for reading. This is Ralph, signing off.
What Success Means To Me
I would consider success in my personal life to be able to live on my own in an apartment with safety and a secure income. This may not be much to most people, but I have Aspergers Syndrome, a form of Autism that affects the way I am in social situations, so things other people would take for granted would be a major goal in my inter-personal success.
Monday, April 25, 2005
The Orashan Church
Type of Government: Theology
Number of Star Systems: 789
Size of Fleet: 1'846
An Orashan is anyone who follows the teachings of Orashi, which makes up every species in and around the Orashan Church. The Orashan species use the word Orashan to describe themselves because the teachings of Orashi is the only religion that the Orashan species follow. The Orashan race is made up thick-skinned reptiles with four horns on their heads. Their society has evolved into a caste-based system with the priest caste on the top and the soldiers and workers to follow their bidding. The Da’akre sect, however, does not use the caste based system used by mainstream Orashan society.
Physically, the pakeron resembles oversized, lanky Guinea Pigs. However, they are monotremes and lay eggs. There are several species of pakeron due to the fact that they have been separated on several different planets.
The pakeron were considered primitive pagans by the Orashan, and made great attempts to convert them. In some ways, the pakeron converted the orashan. Pakeron religious symbols are seen throughout post-space travel Orashan architecture.
The conquest of the kexeyz by the Orashan Church is what solidified as a galactic power. Using a new form of cloaking technology, the Orashan Church was able to take over the former Kexeyz Co-operative.
Sunday, April 24, 2005
The Philosopher Goldfish
What?
Hmm...Hmm
Hmmmmmm
What?
Why?
Hmm
Where was I?
The Meaning of Life is...
What?
What did I say?
Hmm.
If a tree falls in the forest,
What’s a tree?
What?
Hmm.
The Meaning of Life is...
What?
Why?
Hmm.
All reality is an illusion,
So
What?, Wait.
What did I say?
Dust in the Wind
Hmm
Why?
I’m Hungry
What’s a tree?
Why does it fall?
What falls?
The Meaning of Life is...
I’m Hungry
McDonald’s Egg McMuffin
What?
Every cowboy sings a sad, sad song
Hmm . . . What?. . .Hmm
Death is only the..
McDonald’s Egg McMuffin
Who?
I’m Hungry.
Dust in the Wind?
What wind?
Frankly My Dear I don’t give damn.
All reality is an illusion.
So I am not hungry.
What?
I’m Hungry.
The Meaning of life is...
Hmm
Hmmm
Hmmmmm
Saturday, April 23, 2005
I Can't Wait To Get My Hands on Galactic Civilizations II
The people who made it are coming out with a sequel to it, which I believe I would enjoy even more, because of two differences...
- You don’t have to play as humans, I can play as any alien of the alien civilizations, The Drengin Empire, The Arcean Empire, The Torian Confederacy, The Altarian Republic, The Yor Collective, The Drath Legion and the Dominion of the Krox. There are two other aliens, but I don’t know them yet.
- I CAN MAKE UP MY OWN ALIEN CIVILIZATIONS! I can play as the Kzinti Patriarchy or the Klingon Empire or even, gasp, The Alavallan. This is something that really appeals to me because I would like to play as these aliens
This is why I want Galactic Civilizations II.
My Blog
- Short Stories I am going to get my science fiction work done on Robbie Taylor’s monthly E-magazine, but I do have a few non-science fiction ideas I may try doing on this blog.
- More Poetry I’m trying to come up with something along the same style as the Ballad of The Islander’s Bill and Ed, but I don’t really know what to do next.
- More Parodies I like parodies, and I would like to come up with a few more.
- Use this as a journal I could write about the interesting things that happened to me today, maybe someone will find that interesting. Also, I have a book that helps me think like some of the worlds most intelligent figures in history and I could use this blog to write down some observations I made during the day.
That is all I could come up with. I would appreciate any feed back and suggestions from other people.
The Kingdom of the Anecarri
Type of Government: none
Number of Star Systems: 3
Number of Ships: none
Physically the Anecarri are not that different from humans. Their skin colour is the only difference, varying from blue to gold. They think much differently from humans, as well as most other species, as that they are not flawed creations. Their language has no word for disease, war, bigotry, government or anything else that has affected most species.
The anecarri are not human by nature, but energy beings with supernatural powers. Anecarri have shown the ability to resurrect the dead, change a substance to another substance and several other abilities that were believed to have belonged to other mystic individuals in human history and mythology.
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Alien Civilizations: The Mul'Ra'a Star Empire and The Katorcasian Federation
The Mul’Ra’a Star Empire
Capitol Planet: Be’e’shok
Type of Government: Hereditary Monarchy
Number of Star Systems: 203
Fleet Size: 383 star ships, over 20 thousand star fighters
The Mul’Ra’a Star Empire was almost completely forged by Uatar the Third of the Dai’yika Dynasty. The Dai’yika Dynasty was responsible for most of the Mul’Ra’a space travel. Uatar was able to build the first of the Mul’Ra’a fleet and there famous star fighters. Uatar most of the major planets of the Mul’Ra’a Star Empire.
The Mul’Ra’a made first contact with humanity in 2331, at the height of the Terra Novan Empire.
The Terra Novans and Mul’Ra’a Star Empire soon became enemies, which wasn’t so bad for humanity, but the Mul’Ra’a had never encountered a tribal species and ended up attacking human enemies of the Terra Novans, such as Burromars and Zion. The Mul’Ra’a eventually clued in that humans were insane, and figured that the other factions were trustworthy for their goals.
Since the fall of the Terra Novan Empire in 2395 and the creation of the United Planets of Humanity. The U.P.H and the Mul’Ra’a Star Empire have been at a shaky alliance. The Mul’Ra’a Empire have difficulty trusting humanity, being that humans are barely trustworthy to each other, how can they be trusted to act with other species.
Capitol Planet: Katorcas
Type of Government: Democracy
Number of Star Systems: 572
Fleet Size: 1038
The Katorcasian Federation, created by the furry, omnivores Kastorcasians. The Katorcasians lived in peaceful isolation until they made contact with the Alavallan. The Katorcasians, being a friendly species took to the Alavallan, and the Alavallan decided that it would be a good idea to give the Katorcasians space travel.
The Katorcasians hade never learned about war, however they were tribal like humans. They unfortunately hade to learn about war when they made contact with the Enayon Brotherhood. The Katorcasian’s innocently let the Enayon into their midst. The Enayon Zeus-Jupiter eventually took over most of the Katorcasian planets. The Katorcasians were able to raise a rebellion, assisted by the Alavallan. The Katorcasian eventually defeated Zeus-Jupiter and took over a third of his empire and most of his fleet. His cult still survived with some of the humans under his rule, but those who continued to believe believed that the Enayon Zeus wasn’t the real one.
However, Earth came to the Katorcasians. They eventually recovered Earth satellites and made a study of Earthlings. However, they eventually made contact with the humans.
The Terra Novan Government, as any historian knows, were great suppressers of humans of the Autism spectrum, which went against their beliefs about human potential, so members of this group created the refugee ship, Magellan. The crew of the Magellan was able to go beyond the known human space, and into the Katorcasian Federation. When the Katorcasians heard that these humans were descended from the humans from Earth, they were only too happy to let them into their midst. The Katorcasian sent their battle-ship, Deketoris, to the battle of Nova Terra. The Katorcasian Federation has remained one of humanity’s greatest allies to this day.
School Assemby, The Environment, Stalin's Moustache and Bishop Sparky
The rest of the assembly was basically how to save the environment, but it scarred me that the world could be really screwed up by the end of the century. What I would really like would be to live on a planet uninhabited by sentient life were no one would screw up anything and everybody would leave me alone.
So far we have the High Priest, all his troops and servants died in the crash trying to secure him and he has no one to order around, which appears to be something he has had no previous experience in , so he is yelling orders at us. He calls himself Bishop Umajauqe and has so far discredited all Earth religions as pagans and is trying to get out and convert the heathens. We are keeping him in custody so he won’t destroy humanity’s cultural uniqueness. We have nicknamed him Sparky.
Monday, April 18, 2005
The Ballad of the Islanders Bill and Ed
were sitting on the beach of their island paradise
of Paka-Luku-Moca-Chino,
which is inhabited by a few hundred people
and these two people were all fighting about
some ideological differences,
One side is a socialist dictatorship
and the other is a rotating dictatorship
but you Americans and/or Soviets are too civilized for such behaviour
so let’s move on, shall we
So Bill says to Ed.
"Ed my good man, what do you think is beyond those islands over they’re?"
And Ed looks at Bill and says "Well I don’t know Bill."
And Bill says to Ed "Well shouldn’t we do something ‘bout it."
And Ed says to Bill "Like what," (pause)
And there was a pause.
And Bill says to Ed "Let’s build a boat and check it out."
Ed says "Get the wives of my back, let’s do it."
So over many moons and several ham and cheese sandwiches later
Bill and Ed worked hard on making a canoe to see what’s beyond those islands over yonder.
And they eventually were able to construct a fine canoe
using the finest in bamboo and coconut technology
The inhabitants of Paka-Luku-Moca-Chino were sad to see them go
Except for Ed’s second, third and fifth wives who never really liked him any ways.
So Bill and Ed went out onto the great blue ocean
Past the Islands over yonder, until there was nothing but open ocean.
So Bill and Ed just sat there for awhile, until they ran out of sandwiches
and the water was soon running out until they found a little island
granted that it was bigger then Paka-Luku-Moca-Chino, but it still wasn’t that large
But the size of it was soon lost on Bill and Ed on account of the intelligent life
At first they thought that they were all black and white and blue like they saw
But they learned that the inhabitants were just wearing body paint.
And Ed said to Bill "Bill, do you know what this means?,"
And Bill says to Ed "No Bill, but I liked them better with the body paint,".
And Ed says to Bill "There’s other forms of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe,"
And Bill says to Ed "I never really believed that we were that bright, myself,"
So after Bill and Ed met the other forms of intelligent life
They sailed of to the nearest island
Were they were instantly captured by Maori warriors
Know the Maoris didn’t really like Bill and Ed
Because they went and tried to force their capitalist ideals on them.
So they brought Bill and Ed to their Captain Joe
And Captain Joe asked Bill and Ed "Who are you guys?"
And Bill and Ed said they were from Paka-Luku-Moca-Chino
Captain Joe never heard of there home land, so they talked about it
and Captain Joe decided that they were harmless,
mainly because he thought they were complete idiots
So, he decided not to kill them. Which Bill and Ed were okay with.
Captain Joe brought Bill and Ed to his homeland of New Zealand
Were they ate Kiwi fruits and other such tropic delights
And Bill and Ed told them of their travels across the ocean
Which completely failed to impress the Maoris
Well, Bill and Ed fade thought they’d seen enough of the final frontier
So they packed up their Kiwi and Kangaroo sandwiches
and set a course home in the canoe, upgraded with advanced Maori technology
Well, Bill and Ed had been sailing for a day or two
and Bill had ran out of funny stories about his pet lizard
When they saw this great big ship inhabited by pasty white guys
Who wore an excessive amount of clothing
Bill and Ed tried to get there attention to say hi,
but the pasty white guys locked on phasers
and started shooting poor Bill and Ed
Well, Bill and Ed were able to escape with some passing Dolphins,
but there boat was trashed by the pasty white guys
So Bill and Ed were able to hitchhike back to their homeland
Were they were greeted by all
Except Ed’s second, third and fifth wives.
And Bill and Ed talked about what they saw on their odyssey
And about the dangerous white man, with their fancy phaser weapons
So they talked things over with their socialist neighbours
and they all sat around the camp fire for once
and they decided that it was best to get along
and everything was just peachy from then on.
Sunday, April 17, 2005
More You May Be An Aspie If...(inspired by Jeff Foxworthy)
- If you’re a teenager who can go for weeks without thinking about sex or sex-related activities voluntarily and you don’t think incredible, you may be an Aspie.
- You can name all the Emperors of Rome in order, off the top of your head, and you work in computer design.
- If you ever have made a shrine to Mr. Spock
- You have every episode of Doctor Who on tape
- You quit your job at the Bureaucracy because they are to chaotic and unorganized
- You know what the name of the Telerite ambassador on the Star Trek episode "Journey to Babel," but you don’t know the name of the girl who has been in every one of your classes since kindergarten.
Saturday, April 16, 2005
Indeed, A Very Dark Day (don't worry, no one has died)
Friday, April 15, 2005
The Complete "If I Hade An Otherland Account," up till today
Galaxies
- Douglas Adam’s Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy Universe This would be based on a role-play with a humorous bit running on a Douglas Adams-Monty Python level and would make humorous scenarios about saving the universe and such. My character would off course be Ford Prefect.
- Frank Herbert’s Dune Universe This would be more of a personal indulgence and would be one of the few simulations I would have full range over. I may relive a few of the novels once in awhile. My characters would probably change once in awhile depending on my time line, but the one’s I would have the most control over would be Paul Atreidis and Leto II.
- Larry Niven’s Known Space This would be a role-playing science fiction universe. I don’t know exactly how it would work, but the best angle would be the Man-Kzin Wars, which I would change sides for every once and awhile, and off course their would be the Ringworld.
- My Future History Part vacation world, Part Role-Play universe on the same lines as Larry Niven’s Known Space world (except without Kzinti or the Ringworld) this would be open to most of my friends and we could all go an go on adventures fighting the Enayon Brotherhood.
- Robert A. Heinlein’s World I haven’t read much of Robert Heinlein’s work, but I think I’m putting this one on my list. It would be mainly his Future history and anything that would be safe to put in. This would mostly be a vacation world were I would talk with some of his most popular characters such as Jubal Harshaw, Valentine Micheal Smith and Lazarus Long.
Fantasy Worlds (non-magical and mythological)
- Australian Dreamtime This would be a composition of all kinds of Australian Mythology and would be an adventure-type world. My character would be Wombat, a wombat hunter-mystic with no fixed origins. I don’t know if there is a Wombat character like this in Australian mythology, but I’m putting that as my character.
- Boy's Own Adventure Africa I didn’t like the Mines of Solomon much, the main reason being the black characters were so stupid. Granted this was written by a white guy in the 1800's, but I liked the idea so this goes on, only one difference. I’m making the black people smarter and giving them more of an advantage over the Europeans.
- Brian Jacques’ Redwall This is basically a fantasy series, but the inhabitants are furry animals. I would relive a few of the novels once in awhile, but I would also have Redwall as a vacation spot because one of the major attractions was the food. I would read about these great foods that sounded really good, so this will be mostly on as a personal restaurant. My character would probubly be an otter.
- El Dorado Based on the legend of El Dorado. An alliance of Aztecs with guns and Spanish will inhabit the city. This will be an adventure game. My own character will be an Aztec warrior of some sort who I haven’t quite worked out yet.
- John Mandeville’s Orient A patchwork of fact and fiction. John Mandeville’s Orient is based on both John Mandeville’s and Marco Polo’s works. My own character would be a liberal European explorer on the run from the church for being a heretic, finding employment with the various factions.
- Lemuria I read about Lemuria in a book called "Lost Worlds," in my grade 7 and 8, it became one of my favourite books because it told amazing stories about make believe places and I believe gave me an escape from my world. I later found that the Lemuria theory hade some racist overtones, but I liked the idea any ways, so I’ll recreate it in my virtual multiverse.
- Mythania This is a bit of everything. I would have holidays here and I would also have adventures in this simulation. It would probably be the equivalent of a capital, but would probably loose out to my hometown, making Mythania one of my favourite summer homes.
- Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book I don’t even know if I would use this simulation, but I’m keeping it as a tribute to my love for the Indian culture and animals. I may visit once in awhile in the form of an animal, but other then that I won’t come in much.
- Tolkein’s Middle-Earth More of a vacation spot then anything. I might reenact the Lord of The Rings and the Hobbit, but it will mostly be for vacations. For vacationing, my simulation body will of course be a Hobbit.
- World of Greek Mythology Covering all of the Greek world. I would use this in the adventure sense of reenacting major Greek myths. The major ones with friends would be to The Iliad, which I would reenact with my friends and would be more accurate then the one with Brad Pitt (I hated that movie, it was dull and not very interesting. My Dad and I recommend it to anyone who like’s Brad Pitt’s butt though, because there is some good shots of that). I would reenact the Odyssey on my own, because my character would be Odysseus.
Fantasy Worlds (magical)
- Faerie Based on the book Faerie and other sources I consider trustworthy (such as some of Neil Gaiman’s work). I don’t know why I would have this, but I will because I want it.
- L. Frank Baum’s Wonderful World of Oz I loved the Oz series when I was young, still do in fact, and let’s face it, that was a damn good movie. Considering most of my worlds contain adult concepts (e.g. The Man-Kzin Wars in Known Space, Robert Heinlein has some strange ideas about relationships I should talk to my parents about) so it would be nice to go to a friendly place like Oz were all the people are happy and I don’t have to worry about any serious combat.
- Lloyd Alexander’s Prydain This was my second introduction to Fantasy, my first being Narnia, but this is what me got into it. This will be an adventure simulation. My sim probably being Taran, Ralph’s being Gurgi.
- Terry Pratchett’s Discworld Like Douglas Adam’s Hitchhiker Universe, this is a humorous adventure universe. I wouldn’t be any of the character’s in it, but me and Ralph would probably travel along with the characters. The simulation’s look will be based on the art of Paul Kidby, who has done art for the Discworld series. However, as a tribute to Monty Python I might make the Wizards usually featured at the Unseen University look like a certain Flying Circus.
Real-World Simulations and Irregulars
- Human University This is for my philosophical sensibilities. It would basically be the greatest minds of humanity in one building. It would be mainly if I’m in a philosophical mood and will have a very extensive library.
- My Hometown This will have two sides, one will be the normal one and the other will be more of an adventure one inhabited by a sort of be a pseudo-(my hometown) which would be inhabited by caricatures of people I know from my hometown.
- Roman Empire Ancient history is one of my great interests, and the Romans did create on of the greatest Empires in the world, so they will be tributed in this simulation as a personal vacation spot and maybe an experiment to see how the Romans would adjust to the modern world and future (This will be crossed with my Future History)
- Spider Robinson’s Callahan’s Place Sometime’s you need to go were every being knows your name and that is the idea of Callahan’s Place. Nothing more then a small Bar in the outskirts of New York popular among Aliens, Time Travellers, Talking Dogs and Mythical Creatures. This is my kind of bar. Also, I will have Naous come in to preform every once in awhile. Considering he is an alien mystic he will fit in fine.
Humans Can Be So Stupid
I can remember that the principal tried to talk me into being a human and I reacted negatively, I didn’t attack her or anything, I just didn’t want to have anything to do with the human race. I can also remember when I was younger that I told my mom that I didn’t want to be human anymore. I guess I’ve always felt like I was an alien, that’s probably why I prefer non-humans.
Surprisingly, I once tried to kill the alien. I remember lying in the health room, crying and trying to force the alien-persona out of my mind. I guess that counted as an exorcism, if an exorcist ever reads this post. I would appreciate it if you could make a post about it.
In recent years I have just decided that humans fall into three categories, jerks, idiots and smart people. I just finished watching Schindler’s List in history so I will use Nazi Germany and the Holocaust as an example.
- Jerks are people like Hitler who want to cause harm. Jerks also include anyone who is a racist nationalist.
- Idiots are people like the hundreds of soldiers who killed the Jews and other minority groups in the holocaust because they were just following orders. My grade 7 and 8 class also falls into this category because I don’t like them, but they aren’t as bad as Hitler.
- Smart People are people like Schindler who try to do something about bad stuff. Other smart people are Atticus from To Kill A Mockingbird, Mahatma Gandhi, The Dalia Lama and Jesus.
So this is my theory. Not all humans are bad, but most humans are very stupid, but humans are still children on the evolutionary growth chart, at least I hope to God they are.
Wednesday, April 13, 2005
Smells Like Horde Spirit (parody of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana)
It’s time to kick Roman rear-ends
What do we want, we want it all
They’ll be sorry for invading Gaul
The Gauls, The Gauls, The Gauls, hey ya’ll
The Gauls, The Gauls, The Gauls, hey ya’ll
The Gauls, The Gauls, The Gauls, hey ya’ll
The Gauls, The Gauls, The Gauls...
We’re not guys from Dungeons and Dragons
We’re the real thing, we’re Barbarians
We’re a bunch of smelly, Northern Pagans
Here we are now ,we’re Barbarians
Yay,......yay
Were going of to ransack Rome
because there’s nothing to do at home
Why do we take stuff away in sacs
will I’ve got this really big battle-axe
The Gauls, The Gauls, The Gauls, hey ya’ll
The Gauls, The Gauls, The Gauls, hey ya’ll
The Gauls, The Gauls, The Gauls, hey ya’ll
The Gauls, The Gauls, The Gauls...
During bad weather, we see Druids
They check the chicken’s body fluids
Don’t mess with us, cause we’re Dangerous
Here we are know, entertain us
Yay,....yay
No written language, or Alphabet
And yes, most of us are illiterate
Because of this it’s hard to rhyme
and..um, whatever, never mind
The Gauls, The Gauls, The Gauls, hey ya’ll
The Gauls, The Gauls, The Gauls, hey ya’ll
The Gauls, The Gauls, The Gauls, hey ya’ll
The Gauls, The Gauls, The Gauls...
So we got Rome, for our legroom
But who’ll fill in the power vacuum?
We don’t care so it don’t matter
The Byzantine’s rule now? Ah bugger.
Boadicea, and Attila, and Alaric
Vercingetorix
We’re Barbarians
We’re Barbarians
We’re Barbarians
We’re Barbarians
We’re Barbarians
We’re Barbarians
We’re Barbarians
We’re Barbarians
We’re Barbariaaaaaaaaaaaaaans
Atticus' Speech, A Found Poem using Harper Lee's "To Kill A Mockingbird,"
He walked slowly
Up and Down
In front of the jury
and the jury seemed to be attentive
Atticus paused
He unhitched his watch and chain
and placed them on the table
saying “With the court’s permission,”
Judge Taylor nodded
Atticus
unbuttoned his vest
loosened his tie
and took off his coat
and to me and Jem
this was the equivalent of him
standing before us stark naked
“Gentlemen,”
he said
“this case is not a difficult one,
it requires
no minute sifting
of complicated facts
this case should never
have come to trial
This case is as simple
as black
and white
The state
has not produced one iota
of medical evidence
to the effect
that the crime ever took place
It has relied
upon the testimony
of two witnesses whose
evidence
has not only been called into
serious question
on cross-examination
but has been
contradicted by the defendant
The defendant
is not guilty
but someone in this courtroom is
I have nothing
but pity
in my heart for the chief witness
but my pity
does not extend
so far as to
putting a man’s life at stack
which she has done
in an effort
to get rid
of
her
own
guilt
I say guilt
because it was guilt
She
committed no crime
She has broken
a code
a code so severe
that whoever breaks it
is hounded
from our midst as
unfit to live with
What did she do?
She
tempted
a Negro
No code mattered
but it came crashing down on her
Her father saw it
What did her father do?
There is
circumstantial evidence
to indicate that
Mayella Ewell was beaten
savagely by someone
who led almost exclusively with his
left hand
Mr. Ewell
swore out a warrant
No doubt signing it with his
left hand
and Tom Robinson
now sits before you
haven taken the oath
with the only good hand he posses, his
right hand
And so,
a quiet
respectable
humble Negro
who had the
unmitigated temerity to
feel sorry
for a white woman
has had to put
his word
against
two white people’s
I need not
remind you of their
appearance and conduct
on the stand
The witnesses for the state
have presented themselves
to you
gentlemen
to this court
in the cynical confidence
that their testimony
would not be doubted
confident that you
would go along with
the evil assumption
that all Negroes lie
that all Negroes are
basically immoral beings
that all Negro men are not
to be trusted around our women
Which, gentlemen
we know is a lie
You know the truth
some Negroes lie
some Negroes are
immoral beings
some Negroes are not
to be trusted around women
black or white
this is a truth
that applies to the
human race
and to no particular
race of man.
One more thing,
gentlemen
before I quit
Thomas Jefferson once said
All men are created equal
There is a tendency
for certain people
to use this phrase
out of context
to satisfy all conditions
We know
all men are
not
created equal
in the sense some people
would have us belief
But,
there is one way
in this country
in which all men are created equal
there is one
human institution
that makes a pauper
the equal to a Rockefeller
the stupid man
the equal of an Einstein
That institution
gentlemen
is a court
in this country
our courts are the great levellers
and in our courts
all men are created equal
I’m no idealist
to believe firmly
in the integrity
of our courts
and in
the jury system
that is no ideal to me
it is a living
working reality
Gentlemen
a court is no better
than each man of you
sitting before me
on this jury.
A court is only as sound
as the men
who make it up.
Come to a decision
restore this defendant to his family
In the name of God,
do your duty,”
Atticus’ voice had dropped
and he turned away
from the jury
he said something
“In the name of God,
believe him,”
Tuesday, April 12, 2005
Loki, a Breif Bio
Species: depends on my mood
Age: We asked him and he said "You bloody well not ask me that again,"
Occupation: We don’t know. We think he recycles the holy empties of Asgard
Monday, April 11, 2005
The World According To Ralph: The Pros and Cons of Living With Humans
Most people ask me "Ralph, how can you live so long with humans and not be completely insane?". Well, humans aren’t that bad. They’ll only drive you half insane. I have prepared a list of Pros and Cons of living with humans.
- U2 These guys are just a great band. I liked the new album, How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb.
- Lord Of The Rings This was the first human book I ever read. It was to hard for me to read human at the time, so I gave up. Then I saw the movies and I read the book. Quite frankly I liked the book better.
- Live Music from the 60's when the musicians keep on saying "man" Don’t ask. I don’t understand it myself.
- Humans Yes, you guys are okay for all your quirks. I wouldn’t want to be a human, or live with humans for any extended period of time, but you guys are okay.
CONS OF LIVING WITH HUMANS
- Human Stupidity Was it not Lazarus Long who said "Never underestimate the power of human stupidity,". Well, if their’s one part of humanity I could do without is your unfortunate tendency to do stupid things. I’d make a list, but I don’t think I could fit everything on this.
- The Brady Bunch It reminds me of Soundgarden’s video for "Black Hole Sun," except without the weird faces. There is just something creepy about it.
- Expensive Beer I cannot express this enough. YOUR BEER IS TO EXPENSIVE!!!!!! It takes me ten beers to get relaxed. I have recently taken to brewing my own beer in the basement, I’m pretty sure that there is a law against this, but I don’t legally exist so their. In your face Parliament. In your face.
- Height Difference This is just annoying. My head is barely eye level with the kitchen table. I need to get a high chair to eat at restaurants. I’m under three feet tall, while humans are seven. You acn not imagine how annoying this is.
Well, these are the pros and cons of living with humans. Sorry for how long this was, I’ll try to keep more regular updates. Insidently if you guys have any ideas on posts, gladly tell me.
Friday, April 08, 2005
Pinky and Brain (parody of "Jack and Diane" by John Mellencamp)
On was a genius while the other was insane
These two guys are a pair of laboratory mice
But they got a series cause their genes have been sliced
What do they do every night to prove their mousy worth
Brain sit’s around in the rodent cage
He makes plans to take over the world
Brain says "Hey Pinky you Pondering
what I am pondering off,"
Pinky says "I think so Brain
but them weasels are tough,"
A'singin
Oh yeah, life goes on
Long after the food pellets are gone
Oh yeah, The Brain ponder's on
Long after Pinky's intrest is gone, they walk on
Pinky sits back and listens to Brain’s new idea
About radio waves to take over blue jeans
Pinky asks Brain about people in shorts
Brain wakes Pinky upside with a pencil
Pinky say a
Oh yeah, life goes on
Long after the last plan went wrong
Oh yeah, Narf, Zort, Troz
What’s that got to do with the Wizard of Oz
Little ditty about Pinky and Brain
Two laboratory mice what more to explain
Tuesday, April 05, 2005
You May Be An Aspie If ... (Inspired by Jeff Foxworthy)
- You ever went to a Star Trek Convention to look for girls.
- You are fluent in Klingon and Elvish, but you don’t know the appropriate way to order in a restaurant
- Every time the kids played "Cops and Robbers," you were the Alien Ambassador
- If your classic book report assignment is rejected because the school board doesn't accept the works of Stan Lee
- If you check someone's mouth because they said "It's on the tip of my tongue,"
- If you find most or all of these things funny
- Other boys have pictures of Pamela Anderson and Paris Hilton in their lockers (scantly or not dressed), while you have a picture of B'Elanna Torres, from Star Trek: Voyager (fully dressed)
- You ever cheered for the aliens in the movies
- Your picture from the 1st Grade is called "Madonna and Child,"
- If you think a Hot Date is an overcooked piece of dried fruit
Monday, April 04, 2005
More Virtual Universes for I Would Have If I Had An Otherland Account
- Terry Pratchett’s Discworld This is a very funny series by British writer named Terry Pratchett. The basic idea is that you got a flat world on the back of four elephants standing on the back of a giant turtle and they are all flying about in Space. It is a highly magical world and is inhabited by these really quirky characters. I recommend you read the series.
- The Human University This isn’t anything much beside a dream I have. It’s basically getting the greatest minds in human history including Socrates, Buddha, Jesus, Colombus, Muhammad, Leonardo Da Vinci, Galileo, Darwin, Gandhi, Elizabeth I, Shakespeare and Einstein in the same building. I would just like to chat with these guys and see how they would react. Think how cool it would be to hear a debate between Jesus and Nietzsche, or Gandhi and Alexander, or all the founders of the world religions.
- Australian Dreamtime Australian mythology is a vast treasure trove of weirdness. I think it would be great to have this in my personal multiverse. For more information about Australian mythology go to http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/australian-mythology.php
- Neverland This isn’t as much for me, but for my sister Sprite. She loves the whole Neverland thing and I just would like to make this tribute to her.
- El Dorado The Mesoamerican City of Gold. This falls into a theme of Europe’s view of the world in early days. Off course, I’m giving the Aztecs and advantage against the Spanish by giving them more advanced technology. There will also be a Fountain of Youth in Florida.The simulation would be ruled over by Quetzacoatl. There was a good cartoon movie about El Dorado, I recommend you see it.
- World of Greek Mythology Greek Mythology is one of those things that should just be put in something like this. Greek Mythology is just great and full of lots of cool stuff. I would probably have my sim as Odysseus.
- Roman Empire This is like Greek Mythology, something that should be on the network. One of the characters recreated the Roman Empire, but I would just like to have this in my private network because I like the Romans. I might take it up a notch and make it so that the Roman Empire never fell.
- Tolkein’s Middle-Earth An additional must have. Middle-Earth is one of the great influences of my own Mythania. I would just like to see first hand what it would be like to be part of Tolkein’s world. This was also recreated in the novel.
- Larry Niven’s Known Space This falls in with the Ringworld and will cover all of Larry Niven’s excellent universe. Complete with my favourite aliens, the Kzinti.
This is it. I'd like to hear what you guys think.
Tedious Math or Act of God
Saturday, April 02, 2005
Various Gods, multiple bios
Species: leprechaun
Age: unknown
Occupation: Odd jobs, Celtic god
Once one of the most powerful of gods. Luke is now little more then a Leprechaun with amazing skills. He jumped the nearest boat to North America during the potato famine. Today he gets by doing odd jobs. He appears to humans as an old man with long grey hair that was once red and a thick Irish accent, his personality is harmless at first, but he is an incurable adventurer and risk-taker.
Luke has claimed that he is my grandfather nine generations back, but so far he hasn’t proven it.
Species: Egyptian god of the dead
Age: really old
Occupation: Roman Catholic Priest
Originally king of Egypt, then the underworld, now a small Roman Catholic church. Omari Siris is still kicking because of some spill of worship from Christianity because of the whole resurrection thing. He has since walked the fine line between Judeo-Christian-Islamic and Pagan religion, and invariably ends up playing referee.
Name: Sonny
Species: celestial monkey
Age: no idea
Occupation: King of the Monkeys, Buddha, does odd jobs
One of the most popular figures in Chinese mythology, Sonny immigrated to Canada as a rail road worker. He hasn’t done much since and spends most of his time manipulating the People’s Republic of China by sending open market and therefore destroying the Communist dictatorship that is suppressing Buddhists.
Sonny is by nature a mischievous rouge and scoundrel with little or no ties to any master, but is a devout follower of Buddha.
Friday, April 01, 2005
Daina, a breif bio
Species: dvekti
Age: born 992 CSY - 3222 CSY
Occupation: First Mother Goddess of the Dvekti
Daina was originally a male wraith. Eventually we discovered that he was actually a she, and she evolved into a lesbian character eventually. I’ll admit it, originally it was out of some perverted sexual fantasy. Daina’s character has developed more since then.
The dvekti are natives of a currently nameless continent to the west. They inhabited the centre of the continent, which until the Goddess-Queen reigns of the Dvekti was a blasted wasteland. When they first encountered the Commonwealth, they where as far right on the political spectrum as a sentient being can be. The Commonwealth, being a socialist government, was therefore considered to be a threat so the Dvekti Coalition declared war on the Commonwealth in 893.
Daina was born in 992 to a class-seven worker drone and was sold of to a dvekti politician called B!kazda when she was six, the time when dvekti females hit puberty. She experienced attraction to a few of the women in B!kazda’s harem, but in an amazing counicidence another lesbian dvekti was able to help hide her feelings from the males, who would kill her and erase all evidence of her existence.
Daina and Kaylynn were a magnet for Sentiologists. They were both homosexual, which was something that was incredibly rare in Dvekti, and the first lesbian dvekti known to Commonwealth science (they were called "A pair of breeding dvekti lesbians," by scientists as a joke). On genetic examination, Daina and Kaylynn exhibited a trait which was similar to the male homosexuality gene in some species (I read the concept of a male homosexuality gene in a book, so I thought I should do something about a female homosexuality gene would be an interesting concept to mess around with).
Daina was also the prime mover of the pease between the dvekti and the Commonwealth. Don’t ask me how, I haven’t come up with that but the dvekti lesbian gene should come into this somehow, but Daina and Kaylynn were able to ascend to a higher consciousness and overthrow the Dvekti Coalition in a matter of hours. They reigned as Goddess-Queens of the Dvekti until 3222 CSY.
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If Steph had an Otherland Account
The Neverland Incident, An Adventure in My Network
The Neverland simulation isn’t particularly big. It is merely a small island inhabited by the Neverland characters, Peter Pan, Captain Hook, Tinkerbell, The Lost Boys and the rest of them. The program hade only three beings who know that they are simulations, Peter Pan, Tinkerbell and Captain Hook. By personality Peter Pan and Tinkerbell didn’t quite care, but it was an obvious mistake giving Captain Hook, whose personality is programmed to the megalomania one would expect from him, wanted more.
I was first informed of the problem when Ralph came and told me that Captain Hook had escaped from the Neverland Simulation and was terrorizing the coast of Renaissance Italy (I use the word terrorize lightly because Captain Hook’s personality was so ridiculously childish that no one could take him seriously). I was able to get a boat in the Renaissance simulation but it was overtaken by the Captain and I was taken prisoner.
Sprite was smart enough to enlist the aid of Hook’s nemesis, Peter Pan. Sprite and Ralph made their way to the Lost Boy’s HQ. The easily enlisted the help of Peter Pan and the Lost Boys. The easily enlisted the help of Peter Pan, but they hade to teach Ralph to fly. (The Neverland program allows anyone under 13 to fly, everyone else has to learn), Ralph was soon able to learn to fly and they were off to the location of Captain Hook’s ship which hade left the Renaissance and was currently trying to sail down the Ankh in the Discworld simulation. (There is a joke their you just have to be familiar with the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett).
Sprite, Ralph, Peter, Tinkerbell and the Lost Boys were able to find Hook’s ship by the large crowd who hade gathered to see Captain Hook try to organize his gang. Ralph was able to distract the pirates while the Lost Boys made their move. However, It appeared that Captain Hook hade brought in some allies from the Dune simulation, and next thing our hero’s knew, Harkonenn agents came out and started taking the battle to the enemies side.
Ralph was able to drag Sprite out of the chaos, and Ralph tried to get to a place where he figured they would be safe, but Sprite got lost and ran into a native of Ankh-Morpork, an inept "Wizzard," named Rincewind, who hade decided it was high time that he leave Ankh-Morpork. Rincewind reluctantly joined Sprite and the Lost Boys. Ralph was captured and it became apparent to Sprite that she wasn’t just dealing with Pirates anymore.