Asylum Reports

"If you're reading this than I finally did it." - Twiztid

Good Evening and a hearty Fuck You to the world.

If you're wondering about the quote above, don't worry. That's not the IT i'm referring to.
I have plenty to live for, and enough people to live for... in this spirit, this finally post is dedicated to those who know me best, and need me most:

For you...
Chibi, Shadow, Moose, XSniper, Trick, Vertigo, Brat, Moccomouse, Crumb, and most of all, Monkey. Without you, Life would be meaningless, and the Madness would swallow me whole. I am eternally in your debt, may the lotus light your way.

So... I'm taking Shad's advice and quitting this wretched torment of a public forum for good. I don't plan on starting another one. If I have something to say, you can expect an email from me. I have other things to better occupy my time and other ways of communicating. But to those who read to the end? I give you this:

Vertigo: I hope you still plan on visiting over break. As you can tell, it's much needed to see another Family member right now. My roomate has no problem as long as you don't mess with his stuff while he's gone.

Joe and Leo: Sorry for my many abscences online. This blog was meant more than anything to keep you two in touch with my going on's than anything else.

Zach and Malik: You've gone out of your way to keep me blissfully uncaring about your own personal shit. To the point you'll change topics when I'm around. Thanks.

Laura: You're free to any of my icons, the ones I have up or on my hard drive. Just ask and I'll send ya the master sheet.

Gabby (Whoever the hell you are): Being selfish isn't a sin. It's the basis of human nature. We do what we need for our survival. No act was ever commited for unselfish credit, and altruism never existed. A sin is to be arrogant enough to scold people you've never met on how to behave, regardless of cause. I do not need justice, divine or legislative, do justify myself.

Emma: Not fair? I suppose your right. After all, in my eyes. We're even. You saved me from hell, and I saved you from yourself. Sounds about square. So let's cut a deal. You keep the stuff animal and the money, and I forget I ever meddled in your life or do you feel that seventy-five dollars and a plush aren't enough to buy peace of mind? Because, and I am being honest here. Honest as the words by which my parents named me. I don't care anymore. Not about your problems or anyone elses. Zach or Malik bring up anything about this or anything, I just change the topic to music, or movies or anime or something. At this point. I care about my sanity, my problems, my well being. I'm sorry. It's ruthless, it's cruel, it's not what you say to a person with problems in their life. But if I've learned anything in my life on how to deal with people with issues of any sort: If you don't kick them when they're down, they'll never want to stand again. Don't want to listen to me? Fine, ignore me if you want. But as you said yourself. Who can relate more to you and your situation than me.

What's Next? Well... my new years resolution was to say fuck you to everybody and do my own thing... I think it's time I did just that.

Piece.
August J. Sexton
alias K-OSS the Harlequin

Love me, hate me, praise me, curse me. I am what I am.
If you don't like it, fuck off.

Okay...

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As for the rest of the world...

- Do not see The Heroic Trio if you have issues with plot holes, bad effects, overuse of slow motion or dead babies.
- Do see The Heroic Trio if you like really REALLY bad kung fu and can make light of a morbidly dramatic death scene of a newborn.

- Do not see The Returner if you have problems with extreme overuse of Bullet Time, or really touchy about subjects such as physics, logic and the space time continuum. (Joe, I'm looking at you here.)
- Do see the Returner if you like an action movie with moderately decent dubbing and cool action sequences.

Okay, I got Friday... then a weekend... then midterms... then spring break... then four more days of class... then a four day weekend... ya.

BTW, there's a new HG2TG ONLINE ONLY trailer up. We get to see... or hear... Alan Rickman as the voice of Marvin. IT'S AWESOME! Oh! And Zaphod DOES HAVE TWO HEADS! The other pops up underneath like a fucked up PEZ dispenser. And the other Theatrical Trailer is now available in Quicktime format (as is the Online Exclusive one) only at: http://www.hitchhikersmovie.com.

On a final sidenote. PAX, the open-to-public version of E3, shares a name with a Christian television station... WTF?

K signing out, hoping a decent and normal nights sleep will somehow make all the shit go far far far far far away...

Fuck optimism... I'm going to start so many new projects that I'll forget other people exist...

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For now, don't IM, don't call, don't text message, and for satan's sake don't bother me in my room.
I'll deal with my shit by myself.
I've atleast learned to do that with my time on this shit rock of a planet.
Piece.

Here's some headlines...
Nothing good though...
But read'em anyway...

High Schooler Arrested for Story About Zombies: Authorities claim it was a terrorist threat against his school.

Two Senators Quest Against Free Speech: Trying to push Decency Limitations on pay TV (Cable) and pay Radio (Satellite).

School Bans Photo of Girl in a Tux: School board finds senior picture unnacceptable in yearbook.

Fun. People are idiots.

The Following is Random Thoughts as generated by Sleep Deprivation...

Sleep Deprivation is a registered trademark of Sandman Industries

• I find it odd that I like music only when everyone else hates it... spice girls... that one titanic song... Jefferson starship... uh... I got other's I'm sure.
  
• Peace... Peace? I hate the word. As I hate all montague's and thee.
  
• Tuna isn't chicken.
  
• The fear of god is the beginning of all knowledge --> Fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil --> Man Eats fruit --> God fears man.
  
• Likewise: Mammals have hair --> Whales are Mammals --> Whales have hair --> Shave the whales!
  
• If Tuna IS chicken then would Salmon be like... turkey or something?
  
• Speaking of salmon, they need better PR people. I mean they got in the word Salmonella, and that ain't good for business.
  
• Hey, would you like to see a bear riding a motorcycle?
  
• DO I!
  
• Does ANYONE know how to properly use the word "Kafkaesque"?
  
• Spelunking is a very funny word for a very dangerous sport.
  
• ESPN = Spelunking... ESPN2 = Whale Anus Spelunking (God bless Xtreme sports).
  
• You're watching ESPN8, THE OCHO!
  
• If you genetically Spliced Jesus and Abraham you would make a lot of people angry.
  
• Welcome to the main event, tonight Jesus takes on Abraham, Buddha and Muhammad. My co-commentator tonight is the one and only Zoroaster. Let's GET READY TO RUMBLE!
  
• I just lost four readers... poo.
  
• Hook is a good movie damnit!
  
• POGO!!!
  
• meh is a weird word. It can be used as an expression of indifference or the sound The Cheat makes.
  
• Turkey Dogs are good food, but would make terrible pets.
  
• Turkey bacon is just plain confusing...
  
• Hey, Nena and Rammstein have TWO things in common! They're both from Germany and both remade their songs into English.
  
• I found more Chubbles on eBay for like 3 for $5. YES!
  
• Chris Rock is funny. The Rock is just annoying.
  
• You ever wonder if Charlie Brown would of gone on a school shooting in his high school years?
  
• Bed! Go To Bed! I'm gonna Go To Bed! Go To Bed! (To tune of 'Du Hast')
  

BTW, I finally found a video of Robin Williams performing 'Blame Canada' at the Oscars. Yay!

(K) <--- Strange things are afoot in the mind of Circle K. hehe.

Theres no story that ain't been told...
There ain't no gimic that ain't been sold
Theres no ocean that never been swam
Theres no java that ain't been slamed
There ain't no road that ain't been traveled
There ain't no doctor that ain't been baffled
Ain't no thug that never cried
Ain't no preacher that never lied
Theres no rumor that ain't been passed
Ain't no question that no one asked
Theres no tree that won't get chopped
Theres no bomb that won't get dropped
Ain't no path that no ones laid
Ain't no beast that ain't been afraid
Theres no feat that no one can
Theres no saga that never began
Ain't no snow that didn't melt
Theres no punch that ain't been felt
Theres no skill that no ones learned
Theres no planet that He ain't turned
Theres no view that ain't never dissolved
There ain't no problem that ain't been solved
Theres no tale that no ones told
Theres no beauty that won't get old
Theres no garden the sun ain't beamed on
Theres no shoulder that ain't been leaned on
Theres no color that ain't been seen
Theres no desert that ain't seen rain
Nobody here that ain't felt pain
Ain't no cave they never explored
Ain't no mother that ain't been ignored
Theres no leader that ain't been led
Theres no blood that ain't been shed
Theres no dish they never made
Ain't no brick they never laid

The is nothing left...

On the day the wagons come,
I just pray that they let me on...

K Here, AT work right now, with a special report from the G33K Underground.

Title: XBOX - THE LEAST ORIGINAL SYSTEM
Author: K-OSS the Harlequin

After the article in the paper about the recalled XBOX cords, I began looking at the pic of the system they had and realized the following ripoffs:

SYSTEM:

• Running on an OS: Actually, every CD Media based system post-PSX
  
• Hard Drive: PS2. At time of the press release of the XBOX, Sony had already announced the PS2 would have a Hard Drive attachment.
  
• Power + Reset Button Placement: Apple. Strangely, Identical to the placement and size of the buttons found on a PowerMac G4 Quicksilver.
  
• Four Controller Ports: Gamecube. Duh.
  

CONTROLLER:

• Two Analog Joysticks: PSX & PS2 - Dual Analog Controllers.
  
• Control Pad + Analog Joystick: Gamecube - All Controllers.
  
• Six Button Set Up: SEGA Genesis - Six Button 'Fighters Pad' Controller.
  
• Trigger Buttons on Top: Super Nintendo - All Controllers.
  
• Color Coded Buttons: Super Famicon - Buttons changed to ABXY and colored Purple & Lilac on US Super Nintendo.
  
• Dual Memory Slots on Top/Back: SEGA Dreamcast - Same exact thing, not even a technical looking change.
  

Original Ideas?

• Green Orb: Didn't Light up. Made first controllers extremely bulky and difficult to manage.
  
• "X" in Name: a Marketting choice to cash in on GenY's XTREME nature.
  
• 10 Pund Weight: The least portable system EVAH!
  

Thats All Folks...

K

((PS: The Love Rant is Below for all who haven't read it yet. Please do.))

~We're not positive and uplifting? Fuck you. Walk a mile in our shoes. Experience hell, hard times and hefty dues.~

February 14th, 2005...
Valentine's Day...
Day of Love... Day of Hate...

Many awaken to the morn of Valentine's Day with hope of either gifts flowing forth from their loved ones and significant others, or as some believed ignorantly as I once did that the 'Secret Admirer' that all the hopeless romantics pine for in the tearful sleep of loneliness. I spent the holiday doing something I enjoy after class: killing shit in a virtual environment, American McGee's Alice actually. I hate the holiday. It reminds me of everything I hate about the false prophet of Love.

Days before the V-Hell, an auction for dates was held in the SUB (Snack Shop). I would of gone to oogle at the pathetic and stupid wasting money for the sheer experience of not being alone for a night. If you want some company for a night, just call my ass up. I don't do much but read and watch movies at night anyway.

People claim that the feeling of love is one of the greatest you can feel in the world, this is bullshit. I've experienced Euphoria and I've experienced Love and the two are not the one in the same. The worst that you can expect from Euphoria is a distancing from reality and the rejoining of it when it wears off, when Love ends you would seemingly rather take a spoon and not only carve your heart out but remove each vital organ alphabetically just not to deal with the harsh and taunting emotions as you pass all the other happy couples. A fate worst than death if such a thing ever existed.

Why do I hate love? Why do I sneer in disgust and frustration at every cozy couple and kissing pair I pass? Does it root with Robbie? No, far from it. I owe Robbie alot in teaching me the truth of unadulterated pain, a lesson I shall never forget. My hatred for the feeling of fornication is rooted in the idiots who attempt to carry it out. Each after their own ideal vision of a perfect precession of heart felt emotion. The end result never works. There is no perfect marriage, there is no perfect couple, there is no perfect love, no matter what Hallmark, Stories or that ideological longing in the pit of the blood pumping sack of muscle you call a heart.

I was once a Hopeless Romantic. I dreamt of the beautiful and happy loves I had seen play out in manga, anime and video game screen. I found nothing but a cold grasp of loneliness and sadness around my spirit of seeking emotional satisfaction. Unlike most of my peers my desire in a relationship is not centered and flowing from the single goal orientated desires of my dick and satisfying carnal urges. To this day a happy relationship like that is always the desire when I comprehend concepts of romance, but time takes it toll and the desire is gilded with cynicism if you couldn't tell already. Will I find that which I dream for and desire? Playing the odds of my jester like personality and hopeless romantic undertones to my tongue, I will most likely die a lonely man in a house built to serve as my castle and my grave.

Pessimism or realism?

I leave you to decide.

K-OSS the Harlequin

"After everything I did wrong in my life, would I be wrong to ask for forgiveness? I did not want to die this way..." - The Final Words of Nicholas D. Wolfwood

LINKS FOR TEH NERDZ:
Hitchhiker's Guide Theatrical Trailer [Currently only available on Amazon in Flash format]
Hitchhiker's Guide Photos [Black Guy=Ford. Long Hair Guy=Zaphod. Nerd=Arthur]

If those two links have you getting doubtful bout the film? Would it help you to know that the SCREENPLAY was written by Douglas Adams before he died? Not just based on his book, he's credited as SCREENWRITER as well. I just wish we could of heard Marvin talk. I <3 Marvin.

You wanna hear about film CATASTROPHIES? Look no further than the Live Action Charlotte's Web. Apparently it's being done like the Animal Farm live action flick. Real animals, digital mouth movement with dubbed voices liiiike: Steve Buscemi (Templeton the Rat), John Cleese, Reba McEntire, Oprah Winfrey, Kathy Bates, and of course Charlotte is being played by JULIA FUCKING ROBERTS! WTF?!?!

Meanwhile the world of American animation is slowly sinking into the abyss. Disney has announced that they will be doing Toy Story 3 without any involvement of Pixar (Fun.), and an animated film of Curious George is slated for 2006 release with Will Farrel as the voice of the Man with the Yellow Hat. DEAR GOD! DON BLUTH SAVE ME!
Atleast we have the American release, or even sooner a fansub copy of Miyazaki's newest: Howl's Moving Castle, to look forward to.

BTW, I made a new icon. I was thinking of adding a word in the white spots between bounces... I was thinking... POGO! Whaddya think?

I can FINALLY see how the Sailor Moon series ends. I downloaded the last six episodes of Sailor Moon Stars. Knowing how the series ends will help with how I decide to work through the reborn and much improved Sailor moon fanfic with Omega. I want to set up the ending to the four arc story with something that will allow me to move into the Shadows of Eternity fic I'm laying out (also with Omega, and based on an online RPG I ran. Proper credit for all characters will be given in the disclaimer), so it'll flow into one clean storyline. Maybe I'll rework "Apocalypse" (3rd Arc) to be the end and then bring in Shadows of Eternity then... I dunno... I'll figure SOMETHING out but I wanna get back to my fanfic writing cause it's been SO damn long since I did any.

Anywhoo, that's it from K.

Piece out.




POGO!

Step by Step, Heart to Heart, Left, Right, Left, We All Fall Down Like Toy Soldiers...
Bit by Bit, Torn Apart, We Never Win But The Battle Wages On For Toy Soldiers...

Long time no post, huh? So what happened so far?

---School Shit---

I'm on Academic Probation. YAY!

Classes start and are fun. Let's break'em down:

Identity & Imagination (MWF 11:00-11:50): It's about women in the arts, I didn't know that until I showed up for it too. It's with my Sophmore RoundTable teach from last semester, but she seems more tolerable when the class is only 50 minutes instead of 3 hours. The first book we read was a graphic novel, so far it's cool.

Ethics (MWF 2:00-2:50): It's essentially a class that for the most part is the debate and discussion of ethics and philosopher's opinion about ethics. The first chapter which we just finished was 'Lord of the Flies' & Hobbes' 'Leviathan' on the State of Nature.

Shakespeare II (TTh 11:00-12:15): Many people don't like Shakespeare, but I do. I don't think he's some literary genius for taking commonly told stories and putting them into a five act structure, but I do enjoy reading his work. This class is JUST the tragedies. We started with Romeo & Juliet and are now on Hamlet. It's fun to watch so many people pissed off about Hamlet's whining.

History of Science (TTh 2:00-3:15): The teacher is essentially Mr. Rogers gone Nuts. From talking about what to do in case he dies to an obsession with eating (Ants, Termites, Mammoths, and Neanderthals in one class!), this guy is WEIRD, but it makes class VERY enjoyable.

Work? Yea, I'm back at the Post Office... hours are MWF from 8am to 11am. Fun! Plus, I got a rookie working with me, and I am spending most of the time correcting his mistakes, in two weeks I got the majority of the job DOWN, yet in the same time he can't remember to scan the packages.

The Room Switch. It's happenin' this weekend. Finally finished the paper work, Austin was hesitant because Myles FAILED to explain all this to him when he was supposed to last semester... Question is: a) How to get it all moved and b) Where to put it all? I'm thinking of sticking the TV in the corner instead of the stand to save room, but I don't know, the goal is still to have a Double as a Single in the fall.

---Other Shit---

Upon arriving at school I found that I had been robbed (alot of us were). I had stolen my DVD Player, my PS2 (Including the memory card with the 98% Complete Vice City file and the 100% Complete Kingdom Hearts file, not to mention all my saved finished game files), and two DVD's: The Matrix, and The Matrix Revolutions. They didn't take The Matrix Reloaded... I don't know why. Any way, I filed a complaint with the school, the security and the Cops, they said they'll check if they can find any of it at a Pawn Shop... I doubt it though... I did go get another DVD player though.

BTW, in case you HAVEN'T heard about this, it's a website of the US Soldiers in Iraq's photos. It's called Under Mars, some are nice photos of scenary and such. Some are disturbing photograph of dead and often mutilated bodies of Iraqis, with "funny" subtitles (ex. Dead Iraqi with eye blown out of head with subtitle "Ok, You keep an Eye out for the Americans" or a burned and bloody man's face with "Come on and give me some suger"). Most of the sick shit is on page 50-56. Not for the weak of heart, or for anyone who has the "unamerican" trait of honoring the deceased.

Also, with Valentine's Day on the way I've prepared my list of songs I will be listening to on the most Romantic Day of the year so I don't have to listen to all the lovey dovey bullshit: ( Collapse )

Well, thats it for me. I will try to update more often, start of the semester is always hell.
(Check the new LJ Icons! One is this post, one is the main one on the side of the page!)

Piece,
K

Well... MacWorld SanFran is on, and with it, a sneak peak at all of Apple's newest goodies. The big promotion? iMac G5 is the best selling Mac. The big disappointment? No news on Tiger's (10.4) release date. Speculation says a Second Quarter of 2005 release, but nothing certain. Here are some highlights:

i. iLife 2005
Some big updates here. Including new versions of iDVD, iPhoto and GarageBand. The big let down is that the included iTunes is STILL version 4.7 (available for download at Apple.com or from the Software Updater), and while everything else is being updated, Apple still can't come up with anything innovative to push iTunes to version 5.

iPhoto 5

New soft cover iPhoto books to order in 3 sizes.

• Updated Slideshow controls for a fully cinematic slideshow.
  
• Updated editing tools for photos.
  
• Import RAW format photos, as well as video footage from Digital Cameras that can capture video.
  
• New organization layout with hierarchical folders and albums and an iTunes-esque search function.
  

iMovie HD

• As Steve Jobs declared this the Year of HD, iMovie will now be able to export High Definition Wide Screen video.
  
• A new feature dubbed Magic iMovie, which according to Apple, you "just plug in your camcorder; iMovie HD does the rest."
  

iDVD 5

• Improved tools, 15 new themes, AutoSave features, and the ability to export to a disc image.
  
• OneStep DVD, transfer from Camcorder straight to DVD, skipping iMovie all together.
  

GarageBand 2

• New Tuning features! Fix a singer's voice or tune a guitar!
  
• Now you can save your tracks to reuse as a loop later.
  

ii. Mac Mini
Some remember the great failure of the G4 Cube. Apple's trying it again... sort of. It's a tiny little thing that looks very promising. It doesn't come with a keyboard, mouse or monitor though. It ranks as the cheapest Mac out there at a sweet $499.

Features:

• G4 processor (1.25ghz or 1.45ghz)
  
• 40 or 80 gb hard drive
  
• Combo (CD-RW/DVD-ROM) slot loading drive
  
• 256 MB DDR RAM
  
• ATI RADEON 9200 Graphics chip (DVI/VGA video port)
  
• 2 USB 2.0 ports, 1 FireWire 400 port.
  
• Ethernet port and a Modem Port
  
• Audio Out/Headphone jack
  
• Weight: 2.9 Pounds
  
• Dimensions- Width: 6.5 inches Height: 2"
  
• Pre-loaded with iLife 2005.
  
• S-Video/Composite adaptor allows you to use TV as monitor to watch movies, etc [Sold Seperately].
  
  iii. iPod Shuffle
  Just when you thought the iPod Mini was a great bargain, Apple tops it with the iPod Shuffle. A tiny little thing with enormous potential starting at $99.
  
  Features:
  
  
  
  • Choice between 512mb (120 Songs) for $99 or 1gb (240 Songs) for $149.
    
  • Simple slide interface switches from Off to Play in Order to Shuffle.
    
  • Syncs with iTunes for AutoFill from the library or from a Playlist through a built in USB interface.
    
  • 12 hours of playback with 4 hour recharge via USB.
    
  • Ships with lanyard to keep it around your neck, and earbud headphones.
    
  • Serves as a file storage device as well.
    
  • Smaller than a pack of gum and only weighs .78 ounces.
    
  
  
  iv. Final Cut Express HD
  The new version of Express isn't much different. More transitions, HD export, and fully interaction with the included LiveType and Soundtrack... thats about it.
  
  v. iWork
  ILife's work-aholic sister. iWork contains two things: Pages, Apple's replacement for the extremely outdated AppleWorks, which is a combination between AppleWorks and Adobe Indesign. It does anything from documents/letters to Newsletters to brochures in a quick way with 40 or so templates in this word proccessing powerhouse.
  
  Also included is Keynote 2, Apple's own version of PowerPoint. Including new features such as improved timing and export to pdf, quicktime or flash.
  
  Cost? $79
  
  vi. OS X 10.4 Tiger Updates
  
  
  
  • Parental Controls: Expanding on the User Limitations in the System Preferences, a parent can now control anything from Allowable web sites in Safari, prevention of talking to anyone not on your child's iChat contact list, or who your kid can send emails to.
    
  • Quicktime 7: More on the Year of the HD here. Quicktime 7 can play HD files, increase to up to four times Quicktime 6's largest clear window size and keep crystal clear quality, Full Screen mode has accessible control panel, Quicktime 7 Pro can capture live video from an iSight or FireWire camera, advanced playback controls, non-breaking video stream when resizing window and finally, complete compatibility with a surround sound system. Damn.
    
  • This and more at Apple's Tiger Preview Site
    
    w00t!
    
    K