Monday, November 29, 2004

I am, apparently, a sick mother fucker. In a half literal sense. The literal part being where I'm sick. Shutup, jerk.

I woke up this morning around 8am feeling very nauseaus. I little while later I wandered downstairs to pee, bucket in hand. Then, the smell of Tim's feet hit me. That smell almost makes me throw up anyway. Being sick it pushed me over the edge. I went into the bathroom and starting peeing, trying not to gag, but then, the second I was done A FIREHOSE OF VOMIT FLEW ALL OVER THE BATHROOM WOOOOO! It was bad. And messy.

I seem to be ok now, after lieing in bed for 7 hours worring about having food poisoning. However, no more vomitting ensued, so I don't think that was the case. Woooh!

Posted by Seager @ 03:52 PM CST Link |

Sunday, November 7, 2004

Mark and I purchased a GameCube. Yes, we are about 3 years late but I don't care. I didn't get my N64 until after the gamecube came out anyway, and it was 10 bucks, bitches. The gamecube was more than that, but I got games with it and such, and we've done pretty much nothing else but play that and unicycle the last few days. Today: Road muni off road, showered, ate, played copius amounts of Mario Cart and Metroid. Tomorrow: Ride Muni off road, shower, eat, play copius amounts of Mario Cart and Metroid. I do have to work at 9pm though. Blast. Life is SOOOOO hard.

Posted by Seager @ 03:04 AM CST Link |

Friday, November 5, 2004

I want to clear up an impression that I may have left in my last entry. I don't hate religion. In fact, I like religion. I like what it does for people, I like that it gives people hope, and I like that it tends to enforce useful morals in people. Do I wish there was a God? Yes. Do I think there is a God? No. That being said, I never want to be responsible for someone losing their religion. It's not a comfortable place to be.

However, where religion pisses me the fuck off is when people try to make laws based on it. When you legislate based on religion and religious morality, you sure as fuck better prove to me your God exists before I'm going to take you seriously and not want to punch you. Since you can, in no way, prove to me your God exists (people have been trying to prove and disprove God for years) then you sure as hell better not try to make laws based on that religion. Forcing your extranious religious morals on me is oppresive.

"But Seager," you say "Aren't laws such as 'don't murder', 'don't steal', and 'don't put your penis in my hoo-ha unless I say it's ok' based on religion and morality?" The answer is kind of sketchy, but what it comes down to is NO, or at least not entirely. Allow me to explain:

The "theory" of natural selection applies to societies as well as animals. Way back in the day societies with value systems that helped their society out competed societies without those value systems. For example, a society that thought killing and stealing is wrong would out compete one that thought it was A-OK. Likewise, societies with religions that enforced morals that helped society would, by definition, out compete those with without this moral enforcer. Thus, religions with morals that helped society were selected for. It's not random luck that all the major religions have the same core moral values, it's that way because IT HAS TO BE! No religion with vastly different values would be able to compete. Likewise, Christianity is so big because it's core values allowed for the slaughtering of savages 'back in the day'. That's going to give you a competitive edge over religions that are all about "being cool with everything." For instance, the US slaughter of Native Americans. (Some historians would argue that guns had a hand in that slaughter too, but I think we all know it was Jesus Power.)

Anyways, what this shows is that conventional religions morals (10 commandants etc) are good for society, and thus when laws are made based on them they are not simply moral laws. They are created for the good of society. Now, where religion goes wrong is when it starts adding in stupid extra morals, like "don't be gay." I'll admit that marriage between a man and woman is good for society and helps children etc, but marriage between two men doesn't HURT society, and that's what's important. In fact, it would help society because general happiness would increase. (certain "Christians" might not be happy, but they'll get over it. They weren't happy when woman voted and the slaves were freed either) Likewise, abortion doesn't hurt society. I'd even argue that legal abortion is good for society. (That argument I'm going to save for later, but don't worry, it'll come soon and it'll be a doosy.)

"But Seager," you ask "don't lawmakers say that they are making laws not allowing gays to marry etc etc on behalf of society?" Well, yes, they say that, but what they mean is that they are making those laws on behalf of their religion. They see no difference between religion and society because in their little world everyone believes the same as them and those that don't are godless heathens who should be evangelized to. (evangelizing is also a religious trait that was/would have been selected for)

So what is the answer? Easy, when you feel like taking away or granting a right think "Will this hurt our society's ability to flourish and possibly compete with other societies?" If the answer is no, grant the right. If the answer is yes, take it away. Murder hurts society. Gay marriage does not. (yea, I know that some people believe it does, but they can't back it up. It's not like gays who are married are going to have less kids then single gays) In fact, you can build an entire secular morality system based on what is good and bad for society. Before you chime in and say that this moral system would lead to totalitarianism and the good for the State over the good of all, I need to add in one more definition. The "good of society" also implies a need for happiness. A good, competitive society will have happy people living in it. People aren't happy when you make oppressive laws "for the good of society." (allow that to sink in before you object)

So there you have it. Religion was useful back in the day for societal evolution, but now that we are no longer savages (read: educated) we can rely on secular morality and religion needs to get the fuck out of government. Religion still has it's uses, but has NO place in law making. Likewise, we don't need to have Rev. Bush as our leader to have morals. SECULAR MORALITY EXISTS IN TODAY'S SOCIETY! Christ.

Anyway, I have some fun election maps for you:

Sweet topographical map of voter turnout - A must see

Kerry wins!

Rev. Bush: God is my Father - not really a map

British Tabloid Cover:

Posted by Seager @ 04:06 PM CST Link |

Thursday, November 4, 2004

A thought I had today:

"Why have recent Republican presidents had such douchebags for Vice Presidents?" Bush Sr. had Quayle, and Bush Jr. has Cheney. A fucking dumbass and an evil bastard, respectively. The last republican pres to not have an idiot for veep was Reagan. He had Bush sr. And what happened to Reagan? Some dumbass tried to shoot him. The Bush's, however, have had built in life insurance.

No one was going to shoot Bush sr (excluding Saddam) because then Quayle would have been pres, and not even psycho assassins want that. Likewise, no one is going to shoot Dubya because all the people that wildly hate Bush enough to do that are probably (and should be) way more scared of Cheney. No one is going to try to assassinate Bush because no matter how much they want to, he's better than his vice pres.

Did they do this on purpose? I doubt it, especially since Cheney talked Bush into picking him. I think it's interesting and funny though.

Speaking of assasination... IT'S STUPID! Bush, as much of a lying bastard as he is, doesn't deserve death. No one does. I wouldn't mind seeing him stand trial in the Hague for war crimes, however.

In related news a friend of mine sent me a link crossing state voter results with average state IQs. Whether or not this is accurate, true, or anywhere correct is up to you guys to figure out. I don't care enough to fact check it. I give it 50/50 odds for being bullshit, and even if it's not it doesn't really mean anything. IQ != intelligence. A better comparison would be a cross the number of fundy religious people in a state to how that state voted. I think we all know what that outcome would be, however.

Speaking of religious wackos... (not really) This headline/article was brought to my attention tonight: Man tries to convert lions to Jesus, gets bitten.

I bet he would have voted for Bush if he wasn't in Taipei. Y'know, 'cause we can't have those men sticking their penises in other men and *gasp* Kerry speaks french which is way not in the bible and STEM CELLS ARE PEOPLE TOO but the death penalty is ok and hey did you hear that Kerry voted against the partial birth abortion ban I mean who cares that he voted against it because there were other clauses involved making it an evil bill hot damn he must be an evil baby killer and I hear he doesn't even believe in a Jesus what a Muslim loving terrorist gay-marrying new england FLIP FLOPPER! HOT DAMNITTY-FUCK LETS CONVERT THAT LION TO JESUS BEFORE ABORTIONS ARE MANDATORY, THE BIBLE IS BANNED, AND FLIGHT PATHS REGULARLY GO THROUGH SKY SCRAPERS BECAUSE LIBERALS FUCKING HATE AMERICA SHIT COCK FUCK CUNT-LICKING BUTTERFLY BABIES FROM HELL PRAISE GOD THE LORD ALMIGHTY MAY HE SMITE THE LIBERALS AND PROTECT REV BUSH UNTIL ALL THE MUSLIMS AND LIBERAL TERRORISTS ARE DEAD! Amen.

If you were to listen to people like Sean Hannity and Ann Coulter like I sometimes/often do, you'd learn that that "parody" isn't much of a parody at all.

Why is it that typing in caps is therapeutic?

Posted by Seager @ 05:15 AM CST Link |

Wednesday, November 3, 2004

Qehndrah and I are "notaengaged" now. Which is the same as being engaged except instead of getting married we'll be getting "notamarried." (pronounced not-ah-married) (the prefix "nota" is a seager family prefix meaning "close, but not the same) We may get married sometime, I dunno, but we'll be spending the rest of our lives together. That's what's important. This isn't really news to me, but I guess for those of you not inside my head it is. So, sorry if you feel offended because I'm not calling you personally about this (I will be calling a bunch of people soon about it, just I need to wait until after my 3 days of marathon work.) Being engaged is pretty sweet. Yay for having high standards and then having them randomly met one day by a smokin' hot chick!

Now, you all need to listen to me. This is about the election. I've had people in my store all night panicking about how the fucking world is going to end, employees almost crying, and a very upset fiancé. (notafiance) I know my Dad is probably freaking out as well, and so are many of the people who read this.

You all need to calm the fuck down. The world isn't going to end.

Yes, Bush got re-elected. I was pretty sure that was going to happen, so I prepared myself for it. Hell, I was excepting a terrorist attack on election day, so I'm still thinking we got off easy. We lost this election. It's done, it's out of your hands. You did you part, you voted, you tried to defeat evil, and we failed. The fact is the majority of Americans, perhaps naively, think Bush should be president. According to NPR the sleeper issue in exit polls was "values" being even more important that the war. AKA Jesus won the election for Bush. You can't beat Jesus people. Not with a tool like Kerry. Religion was an important issue in this election, and Bush, believing he's on a mission from GAHD, has the religious support.

We did what we could. Now it's time to sit back, take a deep breath, and look around. Yes, Bush is president, but only for four more years. He isn't going to go anymore psycho than he did his first four years because the people that control him want what's best for the party. They'll keep him on just as short a leash as he was on the first four years. That being said: the damage he could do is still substantial, but there is nothing you can do about it right now, so you might as well relax.

Look around. You can still walk, you can still breath. Donuts still taste good, biking is still great, and the Internet is pretty cool. Hell, you can now legally smoke pot in Alaska. (//edit: ok, no you can't, but NPR said it passed last night at 5am. Fucking NPR) It's time to take a break from politics and focus on the little things in life. Worrying yourself about the end of the world won't change anything. Act when you can, but when you can't, just think about something else. You'll be happier.

Oh, and as of writing this Bush still hasn't won Ohio, but he's going to. Furthermore, he's won the popular vote and thus should be president. The electoral college is stupid and should be gotten rid of. (likewise, he should have lost the last election)

I'm just as upset as all of you, but I learned along time ago it's best not to get your hopes up when dealing with the American public. They've been brainwashed and misinformed, and if we're going to combat that we need to not run a douchebag like Kerry. *sigh* We have a lot to improve and it seems we are moving backwards, but we still live in the best country in the world. Kind of.

Posted by Seager @ 05:07 AM CST Link |