Scattered Thoughts

I found this floating around the internet, but thought I should reproduce it since it's freakin hilarious. Enjoy everyone!

If World War Two had been an Real Time Strategy game, it would have gone a little something like this….

*Hitler[AoE] has joined the game.*
*Eisenhower has joined the game.*
*paTTon has joined the game.*
*Churchill has joined the game.*
*benny-tow has joined the game.*
*T0J0 has joined the game.*
*Roosevelt has joined the game.*
*Stalin has joined the game.*
*deGaulle has joined the game.*
Roosevelt: hey sup
T0J0: y0
Stalin: hi
Churchill: hi
Hitler[AoE]: cool, i start with panzer tanks!
paTTon: lol more like panzy tanks
T0JO: lol
Roosevelt: o this fuckin sucks i got a depression!
benny-tow: haha america sux
Stalin: hey hitler you dont fight me i dont fight u, cool?
Hitler[AoE]; sure whatever
Stalin: cool
deGaulle: shit Hitler rushed some1 help
Hitler[AoE]: lol byebye frenchy
Roosevelt: i dont got shit to help, sry
Churchill: wtf the luftwaffle is attacking me
Roosevelt: get antiair guns
Churchill: i cant afford them
benny-tow: u n00bs know what team talk is?
paTTon: stfu
Roosevelt: o yah hit the navajo button guys
deGaulle: eisenhower ur worthless come help me quick
Eisenhower: i cant do shit til rosevelt gives me an army
paTTon: yah hurry the fuck up
Churchill: d00d im gettin pounded
deGaulle: this is fuckin weak u guys suck
*deGaulle has left the game.*
Roosevelt: im gonna attack the axis k?
benny-tow: with what? ur wheelchair?
benny-tow: lol did u mess up ur legs AND ur head?
Hitler[AoE]: ROFLMAO
T0J0: lol o no america im comin 4 u
Roosevelt: wtf! thats bullshit u fags im gunna kick ur asses
T0JO: not without ur harbors u wont! lol
Roosevelt: u little bitch ill get u
Hitler[AoE]: wtf
Hitler[AoE]: america hax, u had depression and now u got a huge fuckin army
Hitler[AoE]: thats bullshit u hacker
Churchill: lol no more france for u hitler
Hitler[AoE]: tojo help me!
T0J0: wtf u want me to do, im on the other side of the world retard
Hitler[AoE]: fine ill clear you a path
Stalin: WTF u asshoel! WE HAD A FUCKIN TRUCE
Hitler[AoE]: i changed my mind lol
benny-tow: haha
benny-tow: hey ur losing ur guys in africa im gonna need help in italy soon sum1
T0J0: o shit i cant help u i got my hands full
Hitler[AoE]: im 2 busy 2 help
Roosevelt: yah thats right bitch im comin for ya
Stalin: church help me
Churchill: like u helped me before? sure ill just sit here
Stalin: dont be an ass
Churchill: dont be a commie. oops too late
Eisenhower: LOL
benny-tow: hahahh oh shit help
Hitler: o man ur fucked
paTTon: oh what now bitch
Roosevelt: whos the cripple now lol
*benny-tow has been eliminated.*
benny-tow: lame
Roosevelt: gj patton
paTTon: thnx
Hitler[AoE]: WTF eisenhower hax hes killing all my shit
Hitler[AoE]: quit u hacker so u dont ruin my record
Eisenhower: Nuts!
benny~tow: wtf that mean?
Eisenhower: meant to say nutsack lol finger slipped
paTTon: coming to get u hitler u paper hanging hun cocksucker
Stalin: rofl
T0J0: HAHAHHAA
Hitler[AoE]: u guys are fuckin gay
Hitler[AoE]: ur never getting in my city
*Hitler[AoE] has been eliminated.*
benny~tow: OMG u noob you killed yourself
Eisenhower: ROFLOLOLOL
Stalin: OMG LMAO!
Hitler[AoE]: WTF i didnt click there omg this game blows
*Hitler[AoE] has left the game*
paTTon: hahahhah
T0J0: WTF my teammates are n00bs
benny~tow: shut up noob
Roosevelt: haha wut a moron
paTTon: wtf am i gunna do now?
Eisenhower: yah me too
T0J0: why dont u attack me o thats right u dont got no ships lololol
Eisenhower: fuck u
paTTon: lemme go thru ur base commie
Stalin: go to hell lol
paTTon: fuck this shit im goin afk
Eisenhower: yah this is gay
*Roosevelt has left the game.*
Hitler[AoE]: wtf?
Eisenhower: shit now we need some1 to join
*tru_m4n has joined the game.*
tru_m4n: hi all
T0J0: hey
Stalin: sup
Churchill: hi
tru_m4n: OMG OMG OMG i got all his stuff!
tru_m4n: NUKES! HOLY SHIT I GOT NUKES
Stalin: d00d gimmie some plz
tru_m4n: no way i only got like a couple
Stalin: omg dont be gay gimmie nuculer secrets
T0J0: wtf is nukes?
T0J0: holy shitholyshithoylshit!
*T0J0 has been eliminated.*
*The Allied team has won the game!*
Eisenhower: awesome!
Churchill: gg noobs no re
T0J0: thats bullshit u fuckin suck
*T0J0 has left the game.*
*Eisenhower has left the game.*
Stalin: next game im not going to be on ur team, u guys didnt help me for shit
Churchill: wutever, we didnt need ur help neway dumbass
tru_m4n: l8r all
benny~tow: bye
Churchill: l8r
Stalin: fuck u all
tru_m4n: shut up commie lol
*tru_m4n has left the game.*
benny~tow: lololol u commie
Churchill: ROFL
Churchill: bye commie
*Churchill has left the game.*
*benny~tow has left the game.*
Stalin: i hate u all fags
*Stalin has left the game.*
paTTon: lol no1 is left
paTTon: weeeee i got a jeep
*paTTon has been eliminated.*
paTTon: o shit!
*paTTon has left the game.*

Oh wow, it's so true. For those of you who have ever played any sort of online game, RTS, FPS, whatever, this is really how things pan out. Kudos to whoever was the first to write this out.

I don't know if this story has hit the Indianapolis media yet or not, but if you haven't heard, there were some gunshots fired near campus early Monday Morning. The IDS (insert insulting words that start with I, D and S here) reports that around 2:35am on Monday, people living near 14th St. and Indiana Ave. reported hearing 9 or 10 gunshots fired in the street. Just before this incident, IUPD was called to the Union to respond to a fight at the Alpha Phi Alpha dance that was going on at the time. When officers arrived on the scene, a student reported that a man had an SKS rifle and automatic weapons outside the Union. Officers then detained some individuals at gun point who matched the description given by the student. While they were detained, police searches didn't reveal any weapons. The students were not charged nor were they arrested.

Now back to the incident that happened at 14th and Indiana. Police investigating this report found nine .45-caliber casings and one 7.62mm-by-39mm rifle casing which is the same ammunition used in the SKS rifle. There was also a ricochet mark on the street near where the shots were fired. Nearby residents reported seeing a man fire a handgun into the air. The strange thing about this whole situation is that IUPD didn't find out about the situation until hours after the incident occurred. Students returning to McNutt dorm reported the incident to a live in officer at the dorm, who notified dispatch.

That was all reported yesterday. Today we saw a headline that reads University Officials, Students Question IUPD Tactics on the front page of the IDS (insert more insulting words that start with I, D and S here). The basic premise of the article is that the students detained on Monday morning feel that they were treated unfairly by IUPD. Some university leaders also think that IUPD overstepped their bounds as a police force. There will now be an investigation to figure out exactly what went wrong because, as Dean of Students, Richard McKaig said, "At this point we don't have absolute certainty about exactly what happened."

To me, this sounds like the "students can't do anything wrong" attitude making headlines once again. Let's look at what happened:

1. IUPD responds to a disturbance at the Union.
2. A student reports that a man has an SKS rifle and automatic weapons in the Union parking lot.
3. Since lethal weapons have been reported, IUPD draws their weapons both for protection and to deter any would be gunman from firing his weapon(s)
4. Students who match the description of the suspects are detained and their vehicles searched.
5. These students are released and not charged with anything.
6. These students feel that they were wrongly accused or mistreated by the IUPD
7. The story makes headlines yet again

Now, if I were in the same situation, I don't think I would be upset if I was handcuffed and my vehicle searched. I mean, what do I have to hide? Granted, they were ordered out of their vehicle at gun point, but what police officer wouldn't do the same with reports of automatic weapons in the area? Seriously, people. Maybe think about what you would do in the same situation. When you put your life on the line every day to make sure the lives of others can be safe, wouldn't you protect yourself with the show of lethal force when there are reported lethal weapons that have more firepower than your handgun in the area?

I am sick and tired of seeing the "students can't do anything wrong" attitude making headlines in the IDS (insert yet more insulting and vulgar words that begin with I, D and S here). Students have figured out that if they want to make headlines, all they have to do is disagree with something that happened to them and put forth this attitude. The attitude that "I can't do anything wrong" and "I was abused and mistreated" is getting old, folks.

We need to stop criticizing IUPD for trying to do what is right and protect the general public and start aiding them in their quest for a safe campus.

Seriously, people, grow up.

In other news… I've decided that I need to update my blog more regularly so that I don't end up with these marathon posts. I'll make this life update quick since the post is already pretty long.

I've been doing well, for those of you who are curious. Classes are in full swing; I have my first exam tomorrow in Marketing and will have another one soon in Accounting. We're getting into some really interesting stuff in S433. We started our discussion about TCP/IP and where some of the security flaws are. It's a really fast-paced class, and that's what I like about it. For my RISCS — a research project and presentation done either individually or in groups depending on the topic — is going to be on Network Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems. Emily (former STC employee) and I are working on it together.

What else…

Oh, I've posted two photos in my Photoblog and a couple of articles in my Sideblog, so you all should go there and check them out. The photos are two photos that I like, a lot. I'm trying to get back to posting in it regularly, so we'll see how that goes. It seems my creative juices have been running on empty lately.

Congratulations to the Delta Tau class of the Alpha Zeta Chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi for starting their membership education process last night! It's a group of fifteen amazing kids who are all going to make a great positive impact on the chapter. I'm really excited to be one of the big brothers who is responsible for seeing them into the chapter along with their dads. It's going to be a great semester.

Ok, I said short, so this is the end of the life update. If I haven't talked to you in a while, it's not because I don't like you, it's because I've been hella busy with everything. If you see me online, drop me a line and we'll chat. Catching me online is by far the easiest way to talk to me.

That's all for now.

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Song of the Day – Boys of Summer – originally by Don Henley, covered by the Ataris

Quote of the Day

Roses are #FF0000,
Violets are #0000FF,
All my base are belong to you.

Villain of the Day – This is obvious… If you read the post at all, you know.

Hero(s) of the Day – Delta Tau for being awesome kids.

Picture of the Day

I've seen this Gator around campus a lot but this is the first time I was able to get a photo of it.

Current Mood – – Hungry because I haven't eaten since breakfast

Until the next post…

I had written something about 9-11-01 to go here, but instead decided not to post it. We all know how we felt that day, and we all feel for the families who lost loved ones. I don't think that I need to be recanting what happened four years after the fact. Instead, I'm going to talk about my last week or so.

First of all, today marks the first time Erin and I have dated for one year, consecutively. We determined that one year total would be April 1 of this year, but today, September 11, 2005, marks one consecutive year. That makes me happy, extremely happy. I am so lucky to have her in my life. She means the world to me and I would be lost without her.

Ok, past the mushy stuff. This last week of classes has been interesting at best. I skipped my first class of the semester on Monday, Labor Day, when I didn't go to accounting because "It was Labor Day dammit!" I didn't miss anything important, mostly because all the profs I had didn't want to be working on Monday either.

That's about the biggest news I have about classes. Tomorrow in my ISS class (S433) we get to attack a Windows 2003 server and compromise it. Anyone who compromises it gets a coupon redeemable for extra credit. I'm looking forward to this, especially since I've never seen this done, but know it's possible. That class is by far my favorite class this semester.

While surfing the internet today, I stumbled upon this article. Apparently Sonic the Hedgehog will be released for the PS3 and the Xbox 360!!! I. AM. SO. EXCITED! The Sonic games were some of my favorite games when I was a little kid. I could play them for hours. I mean, seriously, who wasn't enthralled by a little blue hedgehog running around, collecting rings, fighting bad guys, bouncing off springs and being launched through tunnels? Definitely something I'm looking forward to.

There really isn't much else happening in my life right now. Classes are slow right now, but I'm sure as the semester goes on, it will pick up. Work is… work. I don't have too much free time especially since I have a lot of reading for my classes.

The weather here in Bloomington, although warm, has been beautiful. I wish I had more free time to take advantage of all the local parks and the wonderful clear skies before they are all gone, replaced with the dingy gray that is winter. Fall and Spring remain my favorite times of the year. The sights, smells and beauty of those two times a year are wonderful. I hope this next week to have some free time to spend in the parks, relaxing.

I really don't have much else to talk about, and it's getting close to the end of my shift, so it's time to end this post.

Oh! If you're using Firefox, there is a quick fix you should do to keep outsiders from running malicious code through your browser. There is a patch that has been released from Mozilla. There is also a simple thing you can do to make your browser more secure. In the address bar, type 'about:config'. in the search bar type 'network.enableIDN'. Make sure this value is 'false'. you can change it by double clicking on the value. Then restart your browser.

That's all for now.

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Song of the Day – The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald – Gordon Lightfoot
That song has been stuck in my head for at least a day now.

Quote of the Day

Caboose: He will just keep staring at me until he thinks I'm done talking, then he will start talking again.
Church: Anyway.
Caboose: Told you!
Church: GOD DAMMIT!
-Red vs. Blue Episode 58

Villain of the Day – Stadium Cleanup

Hero of the Day – Coffee

Current Mood – – Tired after a long weekend.

Until the next post…

So the other night, Erin, Will and I watched the movie Fast Food Nation. If you are not familiar with the plot, the documentarian (I guess that's what you would call him) goes on the "McDonald's Diet" eating nothing but food from McDonald's for the month of February. The cameras follow him around from McDonald's to McDonald's and from Doctor to Doctor and Specialist to Specialist tracking his progress. The doctors and specialists all tell him about 15 days into his experiment that he needs to stop because they see major things going wrong with his body.

The movie got me thinking "What if I did the opposite? What if I gave up fast food for a month?"

Since I have returned to school, I have gained five pounds, after losing 20 over the summer. This is most likely due to a couple of factors: 1) I have been eating a lot of fast food since I have been back, about four or five times a week, and 2) I have been drinking more beer than I have during the summer, but only a few more beers a week, comparitively. So, in order to stop myself from gaining fat weight (which I'm sure this weight is), I have decided to challenge myself not to eat fast food for a month.

There will be some exceptions that I make and those will be made known here. Smoothies are not considered fast food. Sandwich places like Subway and Jimmy John's are acceptable, but no more than four times a week. Fast food is defined as food that comes from a Fast Food Restaurant, i.e. Chick-fil-a, Burger King, McDonald's, etc. NOT types food from local restaurants that are also served at Fast Food Restaurants, i.e. $2 Cheeseburgers from Kilroys and burgers from The Cabin are ok. Also, since I am a college student and eating pizza is unavoidable, it is acceptable to eat, but not delivered more than once a week, nor in the restaurant more than once a week.

Ok, so there's the challenge to myself issued by myself. It starts today, September 1, and ends on September 30. I figure if I let people know about it, I am more likely to follow it. If you see or hear of me eating fast food, please stop me.

I am also seeking a climbing partner. If you are interested in hitting up Hoosier Heights two or three times a week, please contact me. I've got some free time in the evenings and would like to get back to regular visits to the gym; I missed that last year.

Anyway, I think that's about it right now. I'll post again sometime soon.

peace

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Song of the Day – Stickshifts and Safetybelts – Cake, this has been stuck in my head all freakin day…

Villain of the Day – My A200 prof for making Microsoft look like a great organization…

Hero of the Day – Massachusetts, see why in my Sideblog

Current Mood – – Working

Until the next post, God Bless New Orleans.