Ugh... Wanted to write a new entry, but have nothing to talk about. Things are just plodding along in neutral lately. So I'm just going to fill it with some comments I've made in other people's journals.
From TinfoilHalo's, re: jetpacks.
"No jet pack for me, I'm afraid. Mine was damaged in a battle against Doctor Sky Destroyer. See, it all started when I, as my alter ego, mild-mannered boy millionaire, Roy Royson, was attending a press conference at Science Corp. They were unveiling their latest invention: the Good-O-Tron. It was designed to convert electro-neurons in the particles that shed off atoms (which, as everyone knows, are inherently evil) into reverse vibro-atoms (which, as everyone knows, cause us to be happy). It would've brought peace to the world. However, if it fell into the wrong hands, it could be used to bring terrible destruction to the planet's eco-sphere. So, of course, Doctor Air Destroyer and his sidekick Undergrad showed up to steal it. But I rushed from the scene and changed into Captain Action, the Man From Tomorrow! Then I rushed back to the scene. As Doctor Air Destroyer was gloating about how he was going to destroy the world, I showed up and said, "The only destroying you'll do, Doctor, is in the big house! With rocks!" Which, at the time, was pretty witty. And then Doctor Air Destroyer said, "Curses," a lot. I was able to take down Undergrad fairly easily, using my super-strength to create an earthquake which caused a nearby building to fall on him. But Doctor Air Destroyer summoned his giant robot, the HugeBot. And it was made of copper, which is the only element that strips me of my powers! I thought I was a goner. Luckily, the Rocketeer showed up. But he couldn't destroy the HugeBot, either. He, too, was about to fall victim to the HugeBot when the Rocketeer (now in a new, shinier outfit) showed up with the Time Brigade. They managed to distract the HugeBot by luring it into the local reservoir. Then they went to the Rocketeers house for ice cream. The first Rocketeer said something to Doctor Air Destroyer about hitting him, really hard. But then Docor Air Destroyer zapped him with a giant laser that flung him into a different dimension from the future. So, while Doctor Air Destroyer was busy doing that, I snuck up behind him. Then, after he was done, I punched him in the face and took him to jail. The day was saved! So I went to the Rocketeer's house and had ice cream. Only I spilled some ice cream into my rocket pack, causing the circuits to short.
Luckily, the warranty hasn't expired yet. So I don't have to pay for the repairs."
Wasn't that fun? And from Bryn's, re: what we would put in packets of something.
"I would like to fill it with my insane theories about God. For example, how old is God? Sure, we all know he created the universe. But how long was he floating around in the nothing, thinking how bored he was. Since he's immortal, a few thousand years must seem like a few seconds to him, right? And speaking of immortality, just how is God immortal? I forget who, but one famous philosopher came up with the idea that God exists outside of time as we know it. (This is how I comprehend that: Think of time as your swimming pool. Everything in the water exists as we know it. And God just stands on the diving board, watching everything.) So, my next question is, how does God comprehend time? Does he experience it in a linear fashion? If so, this means that there are two different timelines happening. So that opens up the possibility of millions of OTHER timelines. Some go faster than us, some go slower. Or does God experience everything at once? Is our universes existance just one quick "BLINK" and then everything's over? If this is the case, then does that mean God's existence only lasts for a split second (if viewed in a linear way)? That fucking scares me. Think about it: All of existence lasts for less than a fraction of a second; what we view as billions and trillions of years means absolutely nothing because it's really all happening in less time than it takes think about blinking. Anyway, this leads to another question: how does God view our time? Does it happen linearly, like we experience it? Or is like that pool, just one big blob of events? It has to be that second one, since we're told that God knows everything we've done, do, and will do before we do any of it. But there's always the possibility that it happens in a linear way to him and that he knows everything we've done, are doing, and will do because we're nothing more than his puppets. I don't know how much I buy that, though. Why would he create the universe just to control EVERY facet of it, every move it makes, every breath it takes? And if he does control everything, why not just make everyone love him from the start, instead of having sinners and atheists and stuff? Sure, he could just look at us as insignificant puppets, there solely to amuse him. But if that's the case, why would he care if we worshipped him? It's like when your ex-boyfriend was shouting how he loves you at 4 in the morning: You don't care because you don't hold him in any esteem (regard? I dunno...).
Ugh... there's a bunch of other stuff that goes along with some those points, but I couldn't fit them in and still make the story flow.
And, besides, all I'm doing is frustrating myself and probably creeping you out.
So I'll close this off by saying I hope there really isn't a God, because he's one weird mamma-jamma.
Anyway, what would really happen is that I'd put the assignment off until the last minute, attempt to write everything, fail, then just print out a bunch of my journal entries and tape them to the pages."
That last bit is kinda prophetic, huh? 'Cause I'm too lazy to think of anything new, so I'm just copy/pasting previous bits on inanity.
Uh... I'll try harder next time...
From TinfoilHalo's, re: jetpacks.
"No jet pack for me, I'm afraid. Mine was damaged in a battle against Doctor Sky Destroyer. See, it all started when I, as my alter ego, mild-mannered boy millionaire, Roy Royson, was attending a press conference at Science Corp. They were unveiling their latest invention: the Good-O-Tron. It was designed to convert electro-neurons in the particles that shed off atoms (which, as everyone knows, are inherently evil) into reverse vibro-atoms (which, as everyone knows, cause us to be happy). It would've brought peace to the world. However, if it fell into the wrong hands, it could be used to bring terrible destruction to the planet's eco-sphere. So, of course, Doctor Air Destroyer and his sidekick Undergrad showed up to steal it. But I rushed from the scene and changed into Captain Action, the Man From Tomorrow! Then I rushed back to the scene. As Doctor Air Destroyer was gloating about how he was going to destroy the world, I showed up and said, "The only destroying you'll do, Doctor, is in the big house! With rocks!" Which, at the time, was pretty witty. And then Doctor Air Destroyer said, "Curses," a lot. I was able to take down Undergrad fairly easily, using my super-strength to create an earthquake which caused a nearby building to fall on him. But Doctor Air Destroyer summoned his giant robot, the HugeBot. And it was made of copper, which is the only element that strips me of my powers! I thought I was a goner. Luckily, the Rocketeer showed up. But he couldn't destroy the HugeBot, either. He, too, was about to fall victim to the HugeBot when the Rocketeer (now in a new, shinier outfit) showed up with the Time Brigade. They managed to distract the HugeBot by luring it into the local reservoir. Then they went to the Rocketeers house for ice cream. The first Rocketeer said something to Doctor Air Destroyer about hitting him, really hard. But then Docor Air Destroyer zapped him with a giant laser that flung him into a different dimension from the future. So, while Doctor Air Destroyer was busy doing that, I snuck up behind him. Then, after he was done, I punched him in the face and took him to jail. The day was saved! So I went to the Rocketeer's house and had ice cream. Only I spilled some ice cream into my rocket pack, causing the circuits to short.
Luckily, the warranty hasn't expired yet. So I don't have to pay for the repairs."
Wasn't that fun? And from Bryn's, re: what we would put in packets of something.
"I would like to fill it with my insane theories about God. For example, how old is God? Sure, we all know he created the universe. But how long was he floating around in the nothing, thinking how bored he was. Since he's immortal, a few thousand years must seem like a few seconds to him, right? And speaking of immortality, just how is God immortal? I forget who, but one famous philosopher came up with the idea that God exists outside of time as we know it. (This is how I comprehend that: Think of time as your swimming pool. Everything in the water exists as we know it. And God just stands on the diving board, watching everything.) So, my next question is, how does God comprehend time? Does he experience it in a linear fashion? If so, this means that there are two different timelines happening. So that opens up the possibility of millions of OTHER timelines. Some go faster than us, some go slower. Or does God experience everything at once? Is our universes existance just one quick "BLINK" and then everything's over? If this is the case, then does that mean God's existence only lasts for a split second (if viewed in a linear way)? That fucking scares me. Think about it: All of existence lasts for less than a fraction of a second; what we view as billions and trillions of years means absolutely nothing because it's really all happening in less time than it takes think about blinking. Anyway, this leads to another question: how does God view our time? Does it happen linearly, like we experience it? Or is like that pool, just one big blob of events? It has to be that second one, since we're told that God knows everything we've done, do, and will do before we do any of it. But there's always the possibility that it happens in a linear way to him and that he knows everything we've done, are doing, and will do because we're nothing more than his puppets. I don't know how much I buy that, though. Why would he create the universe just to control EVERY facet of it, every move it makes, every breath it takes? And if he does control everything, why not just make everyone love him from the start, instead of having sinners and atheists and stuff? Sure, he could just look at us as insignificant puppets, there solely to amuse him. But if that's the case, why would he care if we worshipped him? It's like when your ex-boyfriend was shouting how he loves you at 4 in the morning: You don't care because you don't hold him in any esteem (regard? I dunno...).
Ugh... there's a bunch of other stuff that goes along with some those points, but I couldn't fit them in and still make the story flow.
And, besides, all I'm doing is frustrating myself and probably creeping you out.
So I'll close this off by saying I hope there really isn't a God, because he's one weird mamma-jamma.
Anyway, what would really happen is that I'd put the assignment off until the last minute, attempt to write everything, fail, then just print out a bunch of my journal entries and tape them to the pages."
That last bit is kinda prophetic, huh? 'Cause I'm too lazy to think of anything new, so I'm just copy/pasting previous bits on inanity.
Uh... I'll try harder next time...
I acutally kinda like seeing them in just black and white. (at least the Romita stuff) sometimes the old fashioned coloring annoys me. Sometimes it looks good, in a real nostalgia way, other times the separations are WAY off, or someones skin is the same color as their shirt or something.