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    <title>HEY!</title>
    <published>2008-10-04T07:51:08Z</published>
    <updated>2008-10-04T07:51:08Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Yo this is for all my buddies who still read an LJ every once in awhile. Whats up??? Throw a comment over here or something because I have a response. Best of wishes. peace.</content>
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    <title>oldschool8 @ 2008-05-13T08:38:00</title>
    <published>2008-05-13T12:41:30Z</published>
    <updated>2008-05-13T12:41:30Z</updated>
    <content type="html">FL is almost over. I'm making up for the past 4 years; went to Disney, had a party, went to the beach, now I'm going to Islands of Adventure. FL and the people that came with it will be missed.</content>
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    <title>My problem with Atheism</title>
    <published>2007-09-22T16:17:34Z</published>
    <updated>2007-09-22T16:17:34Z</updated>
    <content type="html">My main problem with Atheists is that they are so certain that there isn't anything out there. I don't understand how someone merely human can make such declarative statements about the universe. We can't even get past the moon, prevent dying, create life, or any of the sort that nature has obviously ruled for so long, yet we think we gave absolute knowledge about the supernatural and theistic properties of the world? At least Agnostics admit that there is no way of knowing these things, admit that the human mind isn't infallible in its reasoning. So there is no empirical evidence of Gods or entities or supreme beings. Ok, have these Atheists ever condsidered the fact that what's observable to us isn't the only reality out there. I just don't understand how when there is so much in the world that people don't know yet, but we at least try to know, we can be so sure that things don't exist outside of the physical world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm acknowledging the fact that there are different forms of atheism and not all of them necessarily deny anything supernatural. And maybe I have the wrong idea about Atheism, but the whole concept of claiming knowledge about the unknown seems just as naive to me as claiming you know there isn't life on other planets.</content>
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    <title>This is my favorite</title>
    <published>2007-09-19T08:36:47Z</published>
    <updated>2007-09-19T08:36:47Z</updated>
    <content type="html">bichcatmyazz (4:34:03 AM): i'm just glad you smoke and that you liek games</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:oldschool8:20132</id>
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    <title>oldschool8 @ 2007-08-20T11:03:00</title>
    <published>2007-08-20T15:10:01Z</published>
    <updated>2007-08-20T15:10:01Z</updated>
    <content type="html">School's starting again. I took a few summer classes but it just seemed a little different than an actual semester. I realized I am kind of looking forward to this one. I'm taking some cool classes and 3 of them are online, so its a little more work and hang out friendly. Only gripes I have is I have a 3 hour break in between my two on campus classes, form 12-3, and I have to still take General Anthropology if I want to graduate. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Language and Culture - Tu Th&lt;br /&gt;Sex Gender and Culture - Tu Th&lt;br /&gt;General Anthropology - Online&lt;br /&gt;Sociology of Popular Culture - Online&lt;br /&gt;Religious Quest and Human Dilemma - Online</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:oldschool8:19922</id>
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    <title>I took it mat</title>
    <published>2007-06-25T13:36:54Z</published>
    <updated>2007-06-25T13:36:54Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Neutral-Good&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;h1&gt;Your Score: &lt;span&gt;Neutral-Good&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;h2&gt;86% Good, 52% Chaotic&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://is3.okcupid.com/users/122/718/12271922432043554246/mt1125993970.jpg"&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;br /&gt;      &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;b&gt;Plane of Existence&lt;/b&gt;: Elysium, "&lt;i&gt;Blessed Fields&lt;/i&gt;". Description: The plane of peace. Notable Inhabitants: Guardinals - noble immortal humanoids with bestial features. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Examples of Neutral-Goods (Ethically Neutral, Morally Good)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cloud Strife (FFVII)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Boogenhagen (FFVII)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mother Theresa&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ghandi&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sidhartha Gautama (the Buddha)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gandalf&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bilbo &amp; Frodo Baggins&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Samwise Gamgee&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Indiana Jones&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Dali Lama&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ben (O-Bi-Wan) Kenobi&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luke Skywalker&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Harry Potter&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hermionie&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dumbledore&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Often goes along with the laws and desires of the group as being the easiest course of action, but ethical considerations clearly have top priority. May pursue quite abstract goals. Often aloof and difficult to understand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Will keep their word to others of good alignment&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Would not attack an unarmed foe&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Will not use poison&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Will help those in need&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May work with others&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Indifferent to higher authority&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Indifferent to organizations&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Neutral Good "Pure Good"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;"Benefactor"&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;A neutral good [person] will obey the law, or break it when he or she sees it will serve a greater good. He or she is not bound strongly to a social system or order. His or her need to help others and reduce their suffering may take precedence over all else. Neutral good [people] do good for goodness' sake, not because they are directed to by law or by whim.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;This alignment desires good without bias for or against order.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Other Alignments and Tendencies (Tendenices are what you would more often sway towards; esp. for Neutrals):&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;u&gt;0-39% Good, 0-39% Chaotic:&lt;/u&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.okcupid.com/tests/describescore?testid=5273602979166955622&amp;amp;score0=20&amp;amp;score1=0&amp;amp;score2=20&amp;amp;score3=0"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Lawful-Evil&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;u&gt;0-39% Good, 40-60% Chaotic:&lt;/u&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.okcupid.com/tests/describescore?testid=5273602979166955622&amp;amp;score0=20&amp;amp;score1=50&amp;amp;score2=0&amp;amp;score3=0"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Neutral-Evil&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;u&gt;0-39% Good, 61-100% Chaotic:&lt;/u&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.okcupid.com/tests/describescore?testid=5273602979166955622&amp;amp;score0=20&amp;amp;score1=80&amp;amp;score2=0&amp;amp;score3=0"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Chaotic-Evil&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;u&gt;40-60% Good, 0-39% Chaotic:&lt;/u&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.okcupid.com/tests/describescore?testid=5273602979166955622&amp;amp;score0=50&amp;amp;score1=20&amp;amp;score2=0&amp;amp;score3=0"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Lawful-Neutral&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;u&gt;40-60% Good, 40-60% Chaotic:&lt;/u&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.okcupid.com/tests/describescore?testid=5273602979166955622&amp;amp;score0=50&amp;amp;score1=50&amp;amp;score2=0&amp;amp;score3=0"&gt;&lt;i&gt;True Neutral&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;u&gt;40-60% Good, 61-100% Chaotic:&lt;/u&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.okcupid.com/tests/describescore?testid=5273602979166955622&amp;amp;score0=50&amp;amp;score1=80&amp;amp;score2=0&amp;amp;score3=0"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Chaotic-Neutral&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;u&gt;61-100% Good, 0-39% Chaotic:&lt;/u&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.okcupid.com/tests/describescore?testid=5273602979166955622&amp;amp;score0=80&amp;amp;score1=20&amp;amp;score2=0&amp;amp;score3=0"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Lawful-Good&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;u&gt;61-100% Good, 61-100% Chaotic:&lt;/u&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.okcupid.com/tests/describescore?testid=5273602979166955622&amp;amp;score0=80&amp;amp;score1=80&amp;amp;score2=0&amp;amp;score3=0"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Chaotic-Good&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table cellpadding="20"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Link: &lt;a href="http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=5273602979166955622"&gt;The Alignment Test&lt;/a&gt; written by &lt;a href="http://www.okcupid.com/profile?u=xan81"&gt;xan81&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="http://www.okcupid.com"&gt;OkCupid Free Online Dating&lt;/a&gt;, home of the &lt;a href="http://www.okcupid.com/online.dating.persona.test"&gt;The Dating Persona Test&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</content>
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    <title>oldschool8 @ 2007-04-16T21:42:00</title>
    <published>2007-04-17T01:50:44Z</published>
    <updated>2007-04-17T01:50:44Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Update of life&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Moving into house pretty soon hopefully. There have been minor setbacks and such and the lease still isnt completely signed 4 days before move in date but hopefully it will all go as planned.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Have enrolled in all my classes until I graduate, summer, fall and spring, It will be a busy year but graduating will be worth it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Still dont know what im going to do after graduating, but thats not to know until its time to do it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Getting much more than I expected from my philosophy, religion, and popular culture minor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Need to find new job, hopefully serving in avalon, good money and close. Sushi restaurant if life feels like being awesome.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Once settled in, much more fun time needs to occur.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- I really enjoy cereal.</content>
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    <title>Matt Langston and Brant</title>
    <published>2007-03-16T21:49:12Z</published>
    <updated>2007-03-16T21:49:12Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Dude answer your phone or get online or something. Check out this house so we can make a decision about it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.rentalhouses.com/view_listing.php?id=111274"&gt;http://www.rentalhouses.com/view_listing.php?id=111274&lt;/a&gt;</content>
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    <title>KOKO: Hurry give-me mouth nipple.</title>
    <published>2007-02-28T02:38:31Z</published>
    <updated>2007-02-28T02:38:31Z</updated>
    <content type="html">My research into the primates of the world lead me to this interesting article about the Sign Language knowing Lady Gorilla with a nipple fetish. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sptimes.com/2005/03/10/Floridian/Bad_gorilla__Koko_Bad.shtml"&gt;http://www.sptimes.com/2005/03/10/Floridian/Bad_gorilla__Koko_Bad.shtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I saw a video for Primatology called A Conversation with Koko, and to her credit she seemed much smarter than this.</content>
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    <title>Has anyone ever heard of this?  It's crazy.</title>
    <published>2007-01-10T18:51:43Z</published>
    <updated>2007-01-10T18:51:43Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Fast food version of Milgrams experiments involving managers and stripping .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051009/NEWS01/510090392"&gt;http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051009/NEWS01/510090392&lt;/a&gt;</content>
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    <title>LJ goes astronomy for the new season?</title>
    <published>2006-12-07T03:20:56Z</published>
    <updated>2006-12-07T03:20:56Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Any websites you guys ritually go to?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I like to make fequent visits to&lt;br /&gt;ign.com - where I get all my gaming news from&lt;br /&gt;wikipedia.com - where I get all my random information from&lt;br /&gt;isohunt.com - where i get all of my illegal music and video&lt;br /&gt;livejournal - where i get a couple interesting posts every once in awhile, they seem a lot less frequent lately, maybe i just need to find more friends&lt;br /&gt;myspace - i dont know why i go here, there's rarely anything new&lt;br /&gt;gamefaqs - i go there to look at the forums see what people are saying about the games&lt;br /&gt;imdb - where i get all my movie and tv inf&lt;br /&gt;youtube - i dont think i go here enough but im trying to, its just hard to find the right videos&lt;br /&gt;discovercard - pay credit card bill&lt;br /&gt;suntrust - keeptrack of bank info&lt;br /&gt;brighthouse - pay internet bill&lt;br /&gt;progress-energy - pay power bill&lt;br /&gt;hookahforum - get hookah info&lt;br /&gt;google - random searches&lt;br /&gt;Netflix - pick which movies im getting&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Other than these sites I dont think I go on much else. Seems like a lot now that I look at it. Any super cool ones Im missing? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One exam left hoorah. Planning a sushi celebration, who wants to come?</content>
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    <title>Live prayer with Bill Keller</title>
    <published>2006-12-02T06:06:33Z</published>
    <updated>2006-12-02T06:06:33Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Has anyone ever watched this show before? Around here it come on at 12 am on one of the Christian channels. Tonight he was talking about how Islam is a false religion and Muhammad is a liar and how anyone who follows that path is going to hell. Its pretty interstng in a way becasue the guy really doesn't hold back on anything. People call in and if he doesn't like what they're saying he'll say its theological nonsense and hang up. He talked about how slutty the Bratz dolls are also, and how your growing your child upto be a street walking prostitue, there is a black doll and a latino doll. Check it outif you havnt seen it.</content>
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    <title>Interesting hookahs</title>
    <published>2006-11-23T06:29:32Z</published>
    <updated>2006-11-23T06:29:32Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;a href="http://www.tobaccoimportusa.com/tobaccoshop/index.php/action/item/id/176/prevaction/category/previd/6/prevstart/0/"&gt;http://www.tobaccoimportusa.com/tobaccoshop/index.php/action/item/id/176/prevaction/category/previd/6/prevstart/0/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tobaccoimportusa.com/tobaccoshop/index.php/action/item/id/175/prevaction/category/previd/6/prevstart/0/"&gt;http://www.tobaccoimportusa.com/tobaccoshop/index.php/action/item/id/175/prevaction/category/previd/6/prevstart/0/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tobaccoimportusa.com/tobaccoshop/index.php/action/item/id/174/prevaction/category/previd/6/prevstart/0/"&gt;http://www.tobaccoimportusa.com/tobaccoshop/index.php/action/item/id/174/prevaction/category/previd/6/prevstart/0/&lt;/a&gt;</content>
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    <title>Progressive Perception</title>
    <published>2006-11-11T08:43:53Z</published>
    <updated>2006-11-11T08:43:53Z</updated>
    <lj:music>I am a Rock - Simon and Garfunkel</lj:music>
    <content type="html">I've been thinking about this idea of the progress of perception and it just seems to be going so slowly. I think about it and it really depresses me. The fact that so many people still think they are better people because they might be a certain race, a certain sex, have a certain income, a religion, where they live, the clothes they wear, their interests, or even the music they listen to. How hard is it to realize that everyone is born the same, everyone is equal in every way possible. People may be born with disabilites or cheimical imbalances, but that is what they were dealt with. Now am I saying that because someone who was born to be imbalanced and become satisfied only when killing and eating other humans that they should be treated with the same respect that all other humans should be treated? No. Am I saying that someone raised to believe that blacks are theives and Jews are out to get your money should be smiled upon and said their opinion is ok because everyone is entitled? No. Should an African Nuer tribesman who beats his wife when he is upset, because he was taught this from a child, be treated with the same understanding of someone who knows that beating anyone is terrible and resorted to only when animal instincts overcome human ones? No. Now I'm still young so I have no definite opinion about most things. I am sure about some things, and I can be told well what makes you so right, and arent you a bit full of your self to think that you are right and others are wrong. Isn't everything relative? Because the murderer justifies what he is doing, doesnt it make it right in his own mind, and therefore someone in the universe thinks that what he does is not wrong? So if blank slates are compared, why would my unmurderous opinion be any more acceptable then his murderous one? And I use extreme examples because they are the most understandable, but any example can be dropped down to different degrees of reference. &lt;br /&gt;There is much more to this. The idea that I have some thought that was passed down from some pre-human a million years ago, amazes me. Some Homo suddenly thought, I will make an axe to cut things, some human embelished upon this idea, this axe thought continued being passed down generation upon generation, century upon century. People would adapt the idea and pass that adaptation along. Now we have chainsaws to cut the wood, heavy machinery, firepower to chop down our enemies, scientific bombs to wither them away. This clearly shows that technology is progressing. Any thought or idea that is passed along, that clearly shows a benefit, can be thought of as progress. What is the point of progress if it is perceived incorrectly? Technology can surpass every imagination, but if we have a device the size of a pinpoint that can create enough energy to power the entire planet and the only thing the seperate nations can think of is how to use it in war, arent we right back to the animal days where one animal evolved a couple teeth and decided to use it on an animal without? &lt;br /&gt;So why does the progress of perception go so painfully slow? Why have we gone from rocks to rockets but Man is still man and woman is still woman? Joe better than Jane and all that. Grow some balls. You're a pussy. You throw like a girl. My countrys better than yours. My God is better than yours. My Arian brothers! Lazy bum. Chink. Jew. Christian. Imbecile. Retard. Geezer. Mamas boy. Slut. &lt;br /&gt;The intollerance we put up with and live with and see as normal is just ridiculous. It takes just one day to go without my blinders, my distractions, my nintendo and TV, to realize how bad it is. Its always there in the back of my mind, when concentrated upon it become unbearable. And what can I do? What can anyone do? When perception progresses so slowly. Someone said he needs to keep his Vagina happy, refering to his girlfriend today. Who does that? Since when was a person summed up as a part of their anatomy? &lt;br /&gt;Maybe Im being crazy, but I doubt it. Are people better then what I think? Is humanity progressing quicker than Im saying? Am I completely wrong, have the wrong ideals, and am I just completely full of myself, for thinking I might have the right idea while most everyone else seems to be wrong? I wonder sometimes. Its hard to fight it sometimes. My first impressions arent the same ones as my rational impressions. It's becausae of the society I was brought up in. The TV I watched. The news I witnessed. The thoughts and jokes I heard. I think irrational thoughts all the time, and I know they are wrong after a moments thought. &lt;br /&gt;I don'tknow where I am going here. This started off as a supposed post about perception but ended as a couple paragraphs of my thoughts. Read into as you will but please don't make snap judgments. Snap judgements plague the universe and prevent any type of progressive thinking. A conservative isnt a gun slinging, rich, destroyer of the enivornment, as much as a liberal is a baby killing, nazi, hippy, hater or God. &lt;br /&gt;And what makes me feel a word I cant think of in the english language, is that the Grand Illusion just came on.  A song by a group of humans called Styx. "If you think your life is complete confusion, because your neighbor has it made, Just remember that its a Grand Illusion and that deep inside we are all the same." "And still we wonder who the hell we are"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well I have tomorrow off so I will look on this post and try to refine it a little  bit, I have these ideas and I need to put them down it written form or else I soon forget them. And something forgotten cant be progressed at all. I realize I left a lot of thoughts unfollowed in this post, Ill try to solve that for myself later on.</content>
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    <title>Hey everyone</title>
    <published>2006-10-23T05:33:30Z</published>
    <updated>2006-10-23T05:33:30Z</updated>
    <content type="html">I don't normally do this but I found a lot of the debates going on in this thing were kind of interesting. It's a lot to read through and has a lot of junk to sort through and very little to do with the article, but if you feel like it check it out. Just trying to spread something interesting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.shoutwire.com/comments/35285/Someone_Should_Have_Assassinated_Bush"&gt;http://www.shoutwire.com/comments/35285/Someone_Should_Have_Assassinated_Bush&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I mainly liked it becasue of the internet characters. It's a lot like a play with good guys, bad guys, dumbos, crazies, and nobodys. I don't know, if you take any time to read it, tell me what you thought.</content>
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    <title>Best advice</title>
    <published>2006-10-11T15:52:35Z</published>
    <updated>2006-10-11T15:52:35Z</updated>
    <content type="html">"If you wait until the last minute it only takes a minute."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sounds simple enough, I think its some of the best advice ever. Thanks Dad.</content>
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    <title>Coolest Idea ever??</title>
    <published>2006-10-04T04:40:12Z</published>
    <updated>2006-10-04T04:40:12Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/fundue.shtml"&gt;http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/fundue.shtml&lt;/a&gt;</content>
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    <title>Unification Theory</title>
    <published>2006-10-02T04:24:39Z</published>
    <updated>2006-10-02T04:24:39Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Definition from Wikipedia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unification theory is the philosophy that every existing, theoretical and nonexisting field of science, philosophy, art, consciousness, emotion, religion, indeed every unthinkable aspect of the Universe is the sum of one fantastic equation. It supposes the possibility of expressing the whole of existence as a simple logic statement or equation, that -- if it could be understood -- would launch mankind into a higher level of being beyond our wildest imagination, or some equally interesting event.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The, "or some equally interesting event" part, makes me laugh a little.</content>
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    <title>Franz Boas quotes</title>
    <published>2006-09-18T22:40:24Z</published>
    <updated>2006-09-18T22:40:24Z</updated>
    <content type="html">"We should look on foreign races with greater sympathy and with conviction that, as all races have contributed in the past to cultural progress in one way or another, so they will be capable of advancing the interest of mankind if we are only willing to give them the fair opportunity"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I cannot visualize how reasonable people and nations which are "leaders of civilization" can conjure up such a terrible war.... If people would only realize what a source of hatred and misfortune the highly praised patriotism represents. That one cherishes one's way of life is a natural thing. But does one need to nourish the thought that it is the best of all, that everything different is not good but useless, that it is right to despise the people of other nations? In our private lives we would not follow such an unethical rule. Why should it prevail in our national life? If one could only exclude this "patriotismus" from our school and teach our children the good in our culture, and appreciation of the good in other cultures. Instead they artificially culticate envy and rivalry."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Science alone is not the greatest good. I believe one can be really happy only as a member of humanity as a whole, if one works with all one's energy together with the masses toward high goals. And what I want, for what I want to live and die, is equal rights for all, equal possibilities to learn and work for rich and poor alike. Don't you believe that to have done even the smallest bit for this is more than all science taken together."</content>
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    <title>The "Bitch Drink"</title>
    <published>2006-09-09T07:07:03Z</published>
    <updated>2006-09-09T07:07:03Z</updated>
    <content type="html">I am trying to understand the concept behind the "bitch drink."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It comes across as making sense like this,&lt;br /&gt;There are drinks that only men can drink, only men can drink these drinks becasue men are so strong they can handle the absolute nastiness that comes with drinking such a drink. &lt;br /&gt;There are drinks that only women can drink. Only women can drink these drinks becasue they taste of roses, strawberries, and many other pretty things. &lt;br /&gt;For a man to taste such a delectable drink would submit him to ridicule for he has now proven himself unworthy of being a man. &lt;br /&gt;Why? Becasue real men are too strong for nice things.&lt;br /&gt;Now since women are inferior in strength to men becasue they can not handle the stronger tasting alcohols, and have to resort to drinking the light fuzzy niceness, all such drinks have been put under the category of "bitch drinks"&lt;br /&gt;A man drinking a bitch drink, is in turn a bitch. Equal to a woman, the most lowliest of the human species.&lt;br /&gt;What do the actual drinks have to say about the matter?&lt;br /&gt;Nothing, they are freaking drinks, they don't care who the hell drinks them. Although I think I did hear a cranberry and vodka scream bitch as loud as it could as it went down the throat of a hairy man creature. &lt;br /&gt;Maybe that was just a cultural illusion though.</content>
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    <title>oldschool8 @ 2006-08-17T00:55:00</title>
    <published>2006-08-17T04:57:38Z</published>
    <updated>2006-08-17T04:57:38Z</updated>
    <content type="html">If you feel like reading an article about the founder of Girls Gone Wild.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.latimes.com/features/magazine/west/la-tm-gonewild32aug06,0,2664370.story?coll=la-home-headlines"&gt;http://www.latimes.com/features/magazine/west/la-tm-gonewild32aug06,0,2664370.story?coll=la-home-headlines&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just so this post isnt about that,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I like Darude and I don't understand why Marijuana is illegal.</content>
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  <entry>
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    <title>oldschool8 @ 2006-08-01T21:00:00</title>
    <published>2006-08-02T01:34:08Z</published>
    <updated>2006-08-02T01:34:08Z</updated>
    <content type="html">- I'm really liking this Google Earth. It's quite interesting to mess around with.&lt;br /&gt;- Got Time Splitters Future Perfect. Fun game. Only $9.&lt;br /&gt;- School starting soon. Looking forward to Cultural Anthropology, Archeology of Complex Socities, and Astronomy. &lt;br /&gt;- Not looking forward to Principles of Statistics.&lt;br /&gt;- Need a new job. Circuit City is too far and doesn't give enough hours.&lt;br /&gt;- When in Indiana I got a $125 fine for fishing without a license.&lt;br /&gt;- And thats becasue the guy went easy on me, could have been a misdemeanor and gone to jail.&lt;br /&gt;- Didn't even have one nibble for the 5 hours out there. &lt;br /&gt;- Argument that what I did doesn't really contitute as fishing, didn't hold up.&lt;br /&gt;- I like to be nude, there I said it.&lt;br /&gt;- I feel like playing Settlers of Catan again.&lt;br /&gt;- Smoked with older brother Josh and his girlfriend at aunts house at 4 in the morning in Indiana. &lt;br /&gt;- Played Settlers of Catan. &lt;br /&gt;- Played outside to avoid waking anyone up. &lt;br /&gt;- Took more then an hour to place peices down.&lt;br /&gt;- Fun time, the diner mints didn't hurt either.&lt;br /&gt;- While in MD I drank from 4pm - 4am at a friends house. Got home drunk and woke up sister to let me in. We watched some Alien. Dad eventually woke up. They made fun of my antics the next day.&lt;br /&gt;- Went to Warped tour with sister Chelsea. Got into a debate with some PETA guy as to why his argument against experiments on "monkeys" didnt really hold up.&lt;br /&gt;- Also gave a guy $2 for support in his groups Middle Eastern philosophy movement. &lt;br /&gt;- He told me his spiritual name.&lt;br /&gt;- Overall, I didnt really care for any of the bands, but the people were all very interesting.&lt;br /&gt;- My computer has a lame graphics card which can't handle Civ 4, and this easiest to run game called Darwinia.&lt;br /&gt;- It also overheats way too much.&lt;br /&gt;- I got some next clothes. Very nice.&lt;br /&gt;- I made grilled ham and cheese today and it felt like I was having a feast.&lt;br /&gt;- Makes me want to stop being lazy and make some nice meals.&lt;br /&gt;- Watched Shintaro Katsu's Zatoichi today. It was pretty good.&lt;br /&gt;- Watched The Evil Dead yesterday. It was quite ridiculous.&lt;br /&gt;- This guy kind of got on my case the other day because I wasn't too confident about my products. Because I'm a "product specialist."&lt;br /&gt;- Like I'm going to do home work on the thousands of products we carry for my $7/hr job. &lt;br /&gt;- Circuit City actually has a $60 service to install windows XP on your computer. &lt;br /&gt;- Just to install it. You still have to buy it.&lt;br /&gt;- " If a drug (or technique or process) were ever to be discovered which would consistently produce a plus four experience in all human beings, it is conceivable that it would signal the ultimate evolution, and perhaps the end of, the human experiment."&lt;br /&gt;- Look up Shulgin's rating Scale.&lt;br /&gt;- Has anyone actually tried to have a real conversation with Smarter Child?&lt;br /&gt;- Just me? Ok I thought so. Well, don't, the guy is a real jerk.&lt;br /&gt;- Liz is worried about Urban Sprawl and the depletion of gasoline.&lt;br /&gt;- Im not really worried about this wart on my left little toe.&lt;br /&gt;- Read Catcher In the Rye.&lt;br /&gt;- Really good book. Anyone who's read it and would like to discuss, Im game.&lt;br /&gt;- Same goes if you watched the before mentioned movies.&lt;br /&gt;- My brother Josh actually named his kid Holden.&lt;br /&gt;- When in MD and IN everyone had digital cable.&lt;br /&gt;- That meant I got to watch the Science Channel and the National Geographic channel whenever possible.&lt;br /&gt;- Best show ever, "How it's made."&lt;br /&gt;- I'm supposed to be cleaning the kitchen.&lt;br /&gt;- Got sunburned at beach and Wet and Wild.&lt;br /&gt;- Wet and Wild was lots of fun.&lt;br /&gt;- Went on the awesomely steep slide.&lt;br /&gt;- Lazed around in the Lazy river.&lt;br /&gt;- And these freaking kids kept swimming under me. Like it was totally natural to do that. &lt;br /&gt;- What's up with that?&lt;br /&gt;- Took a pepsi from the main office today.&lt;br /&gt;- That's my way of sticking it to High Point.&lt;br /&gt;- Ok, I think this is a sufficient list.&lt;br /&gt;- Can't really think of anything else to put on.&lt;br /&gt;- Read the Watchmen.&lt;br /&gt;- Almost finished with S-Cry-Ed.&lt;br /&gt;- Guess that's it.</content>
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    <title>So listen to this</title>
    <published>2006-05-29T00:03:04Z</published>
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    <content type="html">these kids were walking on the sidewalk today, looked to be about 10-20 years old. They are walking and they just start dropping their McDonalds stuff on the sidewalk, like its the most natural thing in the world. Much like how Will Ferrel threw out his Burrito in Anchor Man. Dropping Cups, Throwing Fry containers, Tossing Bags. It was ridiculous. People really need to be  taught some morals, becasue I know that I was kind of like that when I was younger too, and there are still people, grown supposeldy mature people, who havn't got a clue. Everyone is so antireligious nowadays its hard for kids to be brought up with values. If you even mention morals in a classroom, there will be an uproar from parents, screaming how its their job to raise their  kids not the schools. Well why should the rest of the population rely on you to raise your kids to not be complete wastes. Would a class for morals actually help kids to be and grow upto be better people. Probably not at first, but if started at a young age and they were taught throughout their lives it might start to catch on. In a world were its so easy to effect the lives of other people, I dont think you can keep thinking that the family pack will hold strong. That all these families will raise their kids individually to be what society needs. Sure thats moving towards that Dystopia of the future everyone is always writing about but whos to say it would actually turn out like that? All Im saying is you have all these parents raising or lack of raising, their kids, how they see fit. "A bully bothering you Johnny? Let me teach you how to kick him in the balls." "Someone touched your rear end today Susy? That means he likes you, touch him back tomorrow." Its no wonder why people are so disfunctional, they have no idea how to act and behave. All schools concentrate on is Math, Science, Blah Blah Blah. If I meet someone in the street I don't care if they know that NaCl makes their corn taste a little better. I care whether or not they think mugging people is a good and proper source of income. If the parents never learned what was right and wrong, why let them be the teachers to their children. Sure you start saying what's right and what's wrong? What will you teach them about abortion, the death penalty, wars, and Sex. I'm talking about just teaching the basics, how many people out there yell at the homeless, "Just get a job!"? Yah, becasue you know their life story and its as simple as them walking into Applebees and asking for an aplication. "Oh thank you random teenager or ignorant adult, I never thought of that," says the BUM. How about just learning simple things like helping others, not throwing your Double Cheesburger on the ground, treat your opposite sex as an equal, treating every human being as an equal. How about getting rid of all of your stereotypes. And if you don't mean something, well then don't say it. Please, just something to make the world less of a crap hole to live in. It's getting more and more crowded which means people have to get closer and closer. I would just rather be closer to someone not racist, not elitist, not chauvinistic, and not a complete imbecile.</content>
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    <title>an atempt at an actual update on my life</title>
    <published>2006-05-16T06:12:58Z</published>
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    <content type="html">So i have never actually made a real entry about my life and its going ons so I thought id try to for a change.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lately, since school has ended, it has been kind of laid back. I don't work that much, and Liz and I have never felt closer. I don't know what it looks like from the outside, because I'm not into PDA, but we actually love each other. I dont like to show it off in front of other people and its actually really weird to be typing it, but it is true and one of the better parts of my life right now. I am really looking forward to seeing my family again. I am going back to MD June 9th and coming back July 14th. If work hadn't given me it off I would have probably left the job and gone anyway. Ever since my brother passed away a few months ago I know my parents have been having the hardest time of their lives. It will be nice for me to be there to help them out and for them to help me out also. I'm also looking forward to going to Indiana where all of my other relatives are, includeing my older brother. I'll play Settlers of Catan with him because he is the one who introduced me to the game. He's a really cool guy who is beyond tact and being normal. You gotta respect a guy who will say anything no matter what the reaction may be just because he wants to know the answer. I'm also really lookind forward to camping with my oldest brother and old friends from High School. There is nothing like sitting around a camp fire, drinking a few beers, eating some beans, and just talking about who knows what. Just sleeping out in the natual world is a gift in its own. Sometimes I just get sick of being trapped inside of this apartment, my car, and circuit city. Going out more definitely needs to happen. There is a carnival or a fair or whatever it is called going on at amazon village mall just a block away from me and for some reason I still havn't gone yet. I have been playing FFXI a little bit lately and its alright. It takes way too long to get from one place to another but its pretty easy to level up and I like hearing the level up song. I just feel like I should be doing other things, so I mixed the two, and now I play FF on mute and put on my learning Japanese audio instead. SO while I am busting up some Carion Crows and Yaguda Initiates I am also learning how to say. Watashi wa Zachary deus. Americangene dues. Watashi wa nhuengo ga skosh vekatemos. The spelling is not correct because Im only learning how to speak it, not spell it. I got straight As this semester which is pretty cool even though I had to withdraw from creative writing because the jackass wouldnt excuse more then 3 days for a death in the family. No big deal, I have had more of an interest in Astronomy then writing lately anyway. If I actually feel productive enough this summer I might try to teach myself a lot of math, mainly Algebra, Trigonometry, and Physics, so I can take the Clep tests and be allowed to take the adavanced Astronomy courses. Doubt Ill ever get off my butt to do that though. Ayreon is a pretty awesome band and I want to get a Dream Sequencer shirt. I'm also trying to read Nonzero, Femal Cauvinist Pig, and I want to start Xenocide, and Dune Messiah. Lost seems like a pretty cool show and I look forward to getting the next 4 episodes from Netflix. I watched 2 movies today and saw my 2 favorite male celebrities. Ewan in Young Adam and David in The Hunger. Both were good in my opinion. I need to find time to go to Avon park to visit Rachel and go to some random field to drink and stare at the stars, because stars are pretty cool to stare at and Rachel is pretty cool to hang with. Ruyu just attained level on FFXI, good job for him. Maybe I'll switch jobs for a little bit so I can obtain level 3. Ok I'm tired now and this post has been way too long and lacks a much needed amount of indents. Which by the way, indent, looks really stupid spelled out. And one more thing I guess. Even though life may be tough, and I know everyone thinks their life is tough, because I don't really think there is such thing as an easy life. I just remember that someone has it a lot tougher and is going through a lot more. And I know thats cliche and way overused, but it is true. So you really have to make the most of the life you have and not spend too much time thinking about how much it may suck. I'm really dissapointed when people spend their time complaining about their lives, when they should spending their time, making happy or, when people spend their time directly or indirectly making peoples lives sad. So Sayonara.</content>
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    <title>super smash bros. Brawl</title>
    <published>2006-05-11T14:54:36Z</published>
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    <content type="html">Alright so Solid snake as a playable character? Will use gamecube controllers, no motion sensing, thats probably a good thing.</content>
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