Oh how the emo is hated, and loved. Actually when one thinks about it the love of the emo may have produced the hate of the emo. I can see guys not willing to put makeup on getting reasonably angry that the chicks are all swooning for the guyliner painted pasty guy. I can also see people thinking the way emos dress as stupid and ridiculous, but I still don't get why people would be so upset. I have heard people say, "God I hate emos and I want them to die" And I don't get it.
Interesting fact people only really hate the emo guys and usually have a reasonable reaction towards emo girls. The reasonable reaction being not to hate but more like "well that girl's hair is weird". I think this may have something to do with the underlying subconscious unacceptance of homosexual men. Some emo looking guys are gay but not all of them. Also While a lot of people are beginning to accept homosexuality a man kissing a man in public is still looked down upon more than two girls kissing in public.
whats more interesting is this has to do with music.
The music genre Emo seems to me to just be alternative. Although I know alternative is a blanket term for a lot of undefinable rock, I still feel like when I'm listening to Emo I'm listening to alternative. Fallout Boy, Panic at the disco, and The Used are bands I feel like fit well into this category. The pop punk energy and melody with occasional screaming. I feel like any of those bands could go on a tour with Linkin Park or Seether and not be out of place.
There is also screamo, which just seems to be exactly like Emo except with a more hardcore punk influnced sound as opposed to a pop punk influence. These bands tend to have lots of screamed or growled vocals. There are also bands in between these two genres.
What I don't get is the hate.
I had a friend tell me that he hates Nirvana because without them there wouldn't be tons of crappy emo/screamo bands.
I was flabbergasted as his stupidity. Don't get me wrong I think it's OK to hate Nirvana, I happen to like them but I respect that music is a matter of opinion.
What he is stupid for is hating them because they ushered in alternative rock. I mean if you are going to hate Nirvana for bringing about The Used you should hate Nirvana's influences: Black Flag, and Black Sabbath among others.
So I get it if someone thinks that emo hair is stupid, and I get it if someone thinks emo music isn't their cup of tea, but what I don't get is the hate.
Monday, May 17, 2010
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Spray Nature In The Face With Chemicals
It's not everyday I wake up at 6 A.M.
It's also not everyday I wake up at 6 A.M. to go over to Kjerston (my girlfriend)'s great grandma's house to spew ghastly chemicals at moderately helpless wasps nests.
The cans of absolute death suggest I wash my skin for twenty minutes and call the nearest poison control center if it so much as touched me. Aren't there other ways to mass murder bugs?
Yes
In fact, human ingenuity in regards to killing insects is quite interesting.
I myself favor the bug zapper.
The constant crackling and zapping reminds me of a bonfire.
There is also always fire, flying, and rock type Pokemon attacks. It's super effective!
However this morning no sinister luring and electrocuting, flamethrower-ing, pecking, or rock throwing was to be found at the house of Kjerston's great grandma who is sweetly nicknamed Honey. Just absolute air pressurized life stealing poison.
The cans of bug spray, specifically designed for killing wasps and other wasp-like insects, spray up to twenty feet in the air according to the label on the can.
This however is lies.
Nonetheless they sprayed poison quite far in a straight stream, and there is nothing as satisfactory as shooting noxious liquid into wasps nests and watching them fall, twitch, and release their tiny soul.
Not that wasps have souls.
Now I doubt she can help it, but Honey's house had at least twenty-something nests around it total. I almost felt bad killing so many wasps at once. It had to disturb some sort of ecosystem in her backyard if the Wild Thornberrys is anything to base fact on.
I can see it now, the wasps all die and therefore whatever it is wasps eat, ( I shall assume aphids) will produce wildly out of control. People will run screaming into the night as more tiny holes then usual will appear in the potted plants they don't really care about.
It is a disaster. But I got money out of it so I am inclined not to care.
It's also not everyday I wake up at 6 A.M. to go over to Kjerston (my girlfriend)'s great grandma's house to spew ghastly chemicals at moderately helpless wasps nests.
The cans of absolute death suggest I wash my skin for twenty minutes and call the nearest poison control center if it so much as touched me. Aren't there other ways to mass murder bugs?
Yes
In fact, human ingenuity in regards to killing insects is quite interesting.
I myself favor the bug zapper.
The constant crackling and zapping reminds me of a bonfire.
There is also always fire, flying, and rock type Pokemon attacks. It's super effective!
However this morning no sinister luring and electrocuting, flamethrower-ing, pecking, or rock throwing was to be found at the house of Kjerston's great grandma who is sweetly nicknamed Honey. Just absolute air pressurized life stealing poison.
The cans of bug spray, specifically designed for killing wasps and other wasp-like insects, spray up to twenty feet in the air according to the label on the can.
This however is lies.
Nonetheless they sprayed poison quite far in a straight stream, and there is nothing as satisfactory as shooting noxious liquid into wasps nests and watching them fall, twitch, and release their tiny soul.
Not that wasps have souls.
Now I doubt she can help it, but Honey's house had at least twenty-something nests around it total. I almost felt bad killing so many wasps at once. It had to disturb some sort of ecosystem in her backyard if the Wild Thornberrys is anything to base fact on.
I can see it now, the wasps all die and therefore whatever it is wasps eat, ( I shall assume aphids) will produce wildly out of control. People will run screaming into the night as more tiny holes then usual will appear in the potted plants they don't really care about.
It is a disaster. But I got money out of it so I am inclined not to care.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Our Beloved PokeChildhoods
When it comes to gaming I have always been more of a casual player when comparing myself to other gamers. Except for a certain few, the Super Smash Bros. series being a good example, I am not very good at video games in general, and I am not into them as much as some of my friends.
However the Pokémon series has, and will, always hold a special place in my heart as a cherished favorite, and I feel I have to defend it against naysayers. Also with the recent additions of HeartGold and SoulSilver versions to the ranks of awe inspiring and RPG urge- satisfying Pokémon games I feel this is a relevant issue.
Most peers of mine do enjoy Pokémon simply because it is ingrained in our childhood like going to a baseball game for the first time, or visiting a circus for the first time where that innate fear of clowns is initially stirred. Childhood memories make us who we are. Television shows and video games a person enjoys when a child will always bring happy childhood memories to that person when played or watched later in life, and maybe that is the reason people get so disagreeable when those things are changed or added to.
People’s childhoods are not going to be destroyed when new Pokémon games come out. I am tired of hearing people complain that Pokémon was ruined when the Gold and Silver versions of the video game came out, and by subsequent versions of the game polluting the simple first set of Pokémon with three others. I hear things along the lines of “Yeah, I like Pokémon, but after the first one-hundred and fifty I lost interest” and I want to say “well then you don’t like Pokémon” but, I never do.
I wish to take a stand today but, I understand where people are coming from. I was very happy that I had an original VHS copy of E.T. after I learned that Steven Spielberg decided to remake it with better graphics and less shotguns but, people overreacted to this change too.
I re-watched the movie to see where exactly the guns had been taken out and I couldn’t believe it was a one-second span of film people were outraged over. Right before E.T. and that pale kid fly over the police there’s a shot of a gun in the hands of the police. I admit this shot would be pointless if the menacing gun were replaced with a walkie-talkie, but it is so short I don’t know how people even noticed.
People need to let stuff like that go. The great memories a person has of watching E.T. for the first time, or even the second and third, can never actually be relived. And, it’s fine to want your children to experience the same things you did when you grew up, but no two people ever experience anything the same way anyway.
So, fellow pokefans need to put down their pikes and armor. Enjoy the fact that they are still making Pokémon games, and even remaking the old ones with new features. The people who make Pokémon do an amazing job with the new games as well as with remaking the old ones. These fresh additions keep the franchise alive and thriving. The fact that these games are still very enjoyable is amazing and should be appreciated.
However the Pokémon series has, and will, always hold a special place in my heart as a cherished favorite, and I feel I have to defend it against naysayers. Also with the recent additions of HeartGold and SoulSilver versions to the ranks of awe inspiring and RPG urge- satisfying Pokémon games I feel this is a relevant issue.
Most peers of mine do enjoy Pokémon simply because it is ingrained in our childhood like going to a baseball game for the first time, or visiting a circus for the first time where that innate fear of clowns is initially stirred. Childhood memories make us who we are. Television shows and video games a person enjoys when a child will always bring happy childhood memories to that person when played or watched later in life, and maybe that is the reason people get so disagreeable when those things are changed or added to.
People’s childhoods are not going to be destroyed when new Pokémon games come out. I am tired of hearing people complain that Pokémon was ruined when the Gold and Silver versions of the video game came out, and by subsequent versions of the game polluting the simple first set of Pokémon with three others. I hear things along the lines of “Yeah, I like Pokémon, but after the first one-hundred and fifty I lost interest” and I want to say “well then you don’t like Pokémon” but, I never do.
I wish to take a stand today but, I understand where people are coming from. I was very happy that I had an original VHS copy of E.T. after I learned that Steven Spielberg decided to remake it with better graphics and less shotguns but, people overreacted to this change too.
I re-watched the movie to see where exactly the guns had been taken out and I couldn’t believe it was a one-second span of film people were outraged over. Right before E.T. and that pale kid fly over the police there’s a shot of a gun in the hands of the police. I admit this shot would be pointless if the menacing gun were replaced with a walkie-talkie, but it is so short I don’t know how people even noticed.
People need to let stuff like that go. The great memories a person has of watching E.T. for the first time, or even the second and third, can never actually be relived. And, it’s fine to want your children to experience the same things you did when you grew up, but no two people ever experience anything the same way anyway.
So, fellow pokefans need to put down their pikes and armor. Enjoy the fact that they are still making Pokémon games, and even remaking the old ones with new features. The people who make Pokémon do an amazing job with the new games as well as with remaking the old ones. These fresh additions keep the franchise alive and thriving. The fact that these games are still very enjoyable is amazing and should be appreciated.
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