Rysade's Xanga

Monday, March 28, 2005

Mon, 28 Mar 2005 20:14:30 GMT

http://www.livejournal.com/users/rysade/

Well, Irony of Ironies, When I move to Livejournal, Xanga starts hiring Web Programmers. Teh catch: You have to live in New York. Granted, I could move, but that'd be TOUGH. There's gotta be something closer, where there are less qualified people to compete with, hehe!

Yeah, so about the move to LJ: I won't be updating this blog anymore (not much point in it, you can just bookmark the other site)

As for comments, they can be posted anonymously on LJ, so just put your handle in the subject line of the comment and I'll know who it's from!

This doesn't mean I won't be reading everyone's Xangas, though. I will still keep reading them, and I'm not planning on closing this one too soon. Whenever Xanga Management feels like taking it down is probably when it will come down, but that shouldn't be for a while. I think.

Friday, March 18, 2005

Fri, 18 Mar 2005 11:59:27 GMT

Well that's funny. And dead wrong.

I think the answers are probably based on assumptions and misunderstandings made by the author of the quiz, though I'm not really sure. Besides, 'satanism' is often misconstrued. There's two types, from what I've found - "Satanism" is really LaVeyism, a rebellious religion kinda similar to Discordianism, only better explained. Then there's the Church of Set - Set is the Egyptian Evil Deity, from whom Satan is derived from. (The above is all that I know and may be wrong)

The author of the quiz would do well to explain which branch of "Satanism" is on her quiz. There's also the matter of the "Satanic cults" that are sometimes in the news - they don't exist. They are fabrications, and I wonder where the author of the quiz got her information on these religions from?

Have to give them kudos for NOT making a distinction between Catholicism and Christianity. Many people around here adamantly state that Catholics are NOT Christians. Yadda, yadda, yadda.

You scored as Paganism. Your beliefs are most closely aligned with those of paganism, Wicca, or a similar earth-based religion. You may also follow a Native American religion.

Paganism

79%

Buddhism

75%

agnosticism

71%

atheism

67%

Satanism

58%

Judaism

42%

Islam

29%

Christianity

25%

Hinduism

Which religion is the right one for you? (new version)
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Monday, February 14, 2005

Mon, 14 Feb 2005 07:58:51 GMT

Ok, so obviously that didn't work. It was working when I posted it, I swears. But it rocked so much, I just have to keep it up here so I might one day show everybody this thing. It ROX.

LOTR parody.

Sunday, February 13, 2005

Sun, 13 Feb 2005 06:10:11 GMT

Purchased some things recently.
Bought the stickers "Gesundheit America" and "God Is Just Pretend" from this site:
http://www.evolvefish.com/fish/stickers.html

Incidentally, the "Gesundheit America" sticker was designed by someone in Columbus! If you're interested in joining our BLC (Brights Local Constituency), just mail me about it. Maybe if there's someone besides me to take to those Meetups then I'd go to them! Ha.

http://www.gesundheitamerica.com

The other thing I bought was a mug from CafePress.

Thursday, February 10, 2005

Thu, 10 Feb 2005 06:10:50 GMT

Sick as a god yesterday, but getting better now. Yay!

Thursday, February 03, 2005

Thu, 03 Feb 2005 10:54:00 GMT

Which Furi Kuri (FLCL) Character Are You?
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Saturday, January 22, 2005

Sat, 22 Jan 2005 07:41:18 GMT

Rejoice, for I have found the ONE TRUE FAITH!!! The Invisible Pink
Unicorn walks amongst us, and verily we just found out about it!
Truly, this is a startling revelation unto me and just about anybody
else who reads these inspired words! By Her divine guidance (and
a link I found while browsing around after reading Ah_Clem's
latest post) I have discovered a Wikipedia article which outlines the very TRUTH of which I speak, namely that the Invisible Pink Unicorn is Pink, and that she is
invisible. This is a wonder to not be beheld, for if thou sayest
that thou dost behold her, thou art a blasphemer, and thou shalt be
denied thy Slice of Ham and Pineapple Pizza and the drink of Holy
Pepsi. Though I personally prefer Coke, I can see where She's
coming from on that, and as yet have not heard that it is forbidden to
drink Coke, as it is forbidden to eat of the pizza which has pepperoni and has mushrooms on it.

And now I ask Her to carefully nudge you in Her direction, even though
were she to nudge you it technically would make you move a bit further
away from Her, All things are possible with the one who is both Pink
and Invisible, the One who Might Just Be Walking Amongst Us Right Now
So We Had Better Friggin Well Look Respectful. This I ask of her
humbly, right now as you read this, would you please dear Invisible
Pink Unicorn, please? Word.

Oh, and if you be a doubter, I refer thee to this blessed website:

Institute For Unicorn Research

Thursday, January 13, 2005

Thu, 13 Jan 2005 07:57:55 GMT

(Well, it's not technically this album, but Amazon doesn't sell it: It's Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids' "Lunchboxes & Choklit Cows")

Oh my gosh!

Is it really possible that Christians really are BOTH an oppressed minority and the Moral Majority at the same time!?

... and this is just in bad taste:

'In the immortal words of Pink Floyd — and who would have ever thought that Jerry Falwell would quote Pink Floyd? — “We don’t need no thought control.”'
- Jerry Falwell

Wednesday, January 12, 2005

Wed, 12 Jan 2005 07:39:43 GMT

A Cool News Post:

http://www.wired.com/news/games/0,2101,66225,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_2
Have you ever:

Attempted to climb poles or jump over ledges after playing Prince Of Persia: Sands of Time?

Been startled by a door and immediately rounded on it with what you thought was a shotgun after playing any First Person Shooter?

Thought that to wake up and go to school you had to destroy the Zerg Infestation?

You might have been playing a game for too long!

A Bad News Post:

http://www.in-forum.com/articles/index.cfm?id=79938&section=Opinion
I don't even feel I need to reply to this article, except to say READ The Demon Haunted World.

Describe yourself using one band and song titles from that band
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Choose a band/artist and answer only in song TITLES by that band:	Nine Inch Nails/ Trent Reznor
Are you male or female:	Big Man With A Gun
Describe yourself:	Kinda I Want To
How do some people feel about you:	Heresy
How do you feel about yourself:	10 Miles High
Describe your ex girlfriend/boyfriend:	Where Is Everybody?
Describe your current girlfriend/boyfriend:	Wish
Describe where you want to be:	At The Heart Of It All
Describe what you want to be:	Deep
Describe how you live:	Sanctified
Describe how you love:	The Fragile
Share a few words of wisdom	Get Down, Make Love
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Sunday, January 09, 2005

Sun, 09 Jan 2005 09:24:11 GMT

Started reading Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan. Written in '96, so it's lacking some of the really interesting commentary about the current state of the US, but otherwise a really good book about Skepticism and the Scientific Method. Mostly involves Satanic cults and Alien abduction and why these are pretty much dumb things to beleive actually happen regularly, if at all.

That's a really short summary of it, but I'm only halfway through, anyway. So far, Tui's advice to read it is proving valuable.

Mmm. Warm because of beer. Good beer.

Need to read: Fountainhead, Selfish Gene, System of the World.

Finish: Demon Haunted World, Witches Abroad