Quick question: Why the fuck do people who live in Australia refer to their country as Oz?

So here's a completely worthless online quiz I came across: What would your Japanese name be? For men and women.

Even though comments weren't exactly getting heavy use, I decided to implement the new system I mentioned coming across last week. This one looks much cleaner than those stupid SquawkBox comments, and there's none of that IP address recording nonsense. It looks like BlogSpeak is run by just one guy, and who knows if I can trust him. I'll take my odds on one guy over potentially a bunch of guys, though.

Well, you know what, fuckers? It is going to get worse if you don't vote this piece of shit out of office next November.

The problem is, people won't do it. The reason why is summed up in what that 35-year-old from Lake Villa said. As long as we see "a little bit more aggressiveness out of that office get public confidence back that we're secure," that'll be good enough for most people. The problem is, just because the public thinks we're secure doesn't mean that we actually are. The government is real good at putting on their dog and pony show to make us think a lot is being done to make us safer. As long as people think they're safe, they don't care enough to delve deeper and see if we're actually safe. Like, remember how before September 11th, we all thought we were safe? Well, that's where we are again. And things will look and feel safe, and the government will be looking as if they're doing a good job, until we're attacked again and see what fucking idiots we are yet again.

This looks like it could be a cool show - giving us some more insight as to who really runs this country. I can't imagine why people in congress would be giving them any sort of hard time over it.

So nevermind, apparently the official name for Enterprise isn't changing after all. Like it matters.

So it looks like Tony Blair and Geoff Poon are okay for now... I think.

This has got to be the worst 'blog I have ever seen. I know I'm being "World's Biggest Asshole" here, but c'mon. You spend more time indoors than I do if the theme of your weblog is Caitlin from Final Fantasy VIII coupled with a bunch of inspirational crap.

Man, I almost feel bad about posting this one, especially after ripping on that guy's Enterprise wet dream 'blog last week. Obviously, I don't feel too bad since I'm going to end up posting it. Look, I know I'm a bad person for being this way. I think my 'blog sucks, too, and I have no right to be criticizing. However, if I bought into that "no right" bullshit, I wouldn't have a site.

Okay, so I just realized why I was getting so many hits from LOVEFURY. On its sign-in page, Blogger has a section for "10 most recently published blogs," as well as "blogs of note," and LOVEFURY recently got added to the latter. So, like a true asshole, I've been leeching off Tiberius' success. However, I'm not a total asshole, so I'll put in a plug for his new 'blog dedicated to movie reviews.

Speaking of "blogs of note," what would it take to get those Blogger bastards to notice my 'blog? I'm sure calling them "bastards" will be a big help. Plus, I'm sure they'd really want the title Fuck Everything in semi-permanent form on one of their main pages.

Why is it that every fucking online store is affiliated with Amazon.com now? I just found out that Fluke put out a new album recently, and of course, it's an import because we get nothing but shit in this country. So I check Amazon. "Usually ships in 3-4 weeks." What the fuck is that shit? I could just fly overseas and get it sooner. How hard is it for someone to put it in a fucking envelope and send it to me? Anyway, since Amazon sucks, I check other places, like Virgin and CDNow, who I discover are all "powered by Amazon.com," which is a bunch of shit. Yeah, my nuts are powered by Amazon, but they won't take four weeks to reach you. So, clearly, I can find this thing, but waiting a month for it is utter bullshit. Hey, Blackjack, what's that one site you go to for finding import shit? I know I can track it down, since I'm the King of Finding all Shit that Interests Me, but it's 2 AM and I'm tired.

Here's yet another reason why the Japanese are better than we are. When a woman has an unwanted child, she doesn't throw it in the dumpster like some wasteful American girl - she puts it in the fridge and saves it for later.

So here's my four-and-a-half second fansub review for the night.

Onegai Twins is so deliciously dirty, and I just love it.

Has anyone else watched any Green Green? What the fuck is up with that show?

Watched the first episode of R.O.D. The TV. We'll have to see where that one goes, now that it's no longer vaporware. It's just not gonna be the same without Miss Deep and Zaaa Papaaaaaa, but there's room for a Yomiko cameo. If nothing else, though, the first episode taught us one thing: no matter how hard the government tries, they cannot make airplanes 100% safe.

Just in case you'd forgotten, civil liberties are under attack in this country.

Okay, that's enough complaining and random anecdotes... for now. Time to get my Onegai Twins on.

So I was thinking of the whole abstinence thing again for some reason, and was reminded of a story. Relax, it's not going to be a story that will make you sick, most likely. If it does, you are way too sensitive, and I'm not sure how you've made it through any of this 'blog. Of course, if this is your first time here, you're on your own.

Anyway, I was thinking of the day our 6th grade homeroom teacher was telling us this story about a girl named Terra Hymen. And... That's about it. I'm pretty sure that's the whole story - there was some girl in real life whose parents actually named her that. Great story, huh? I knew about sex well before that, but I was previously unaware of intricate details like the hymen. I'm pretty sure that's when I learned - our teacher just explained it to us. Now, this wasn't to the whole class, just a smaller group of students who had congregated. Still, who needs sex ed when you have homeroom?

That reminded me of another incident from homeroom that year. Another day, our teacher for some reason was talking about how "fighting solves everything." Apparently, there was some guy or kid he knew who used to say that. So, he's talking about how "fighting solves everything" as I'm taking roll (I was always a goody-goody in school), and I'm like "yeah, if you beat the crap out of 'em." That was like one of my proudest moments in school - I got to say the word "crap" up in front of everyone without getting into trouble.

Getting to say "crap" was probably the best it got until senior year of college. We had to give a series of presentations about our senior project. The project we chose was to design a simple 16-bit CPU. Anyway, in the first presentation, we were giving an overview of what we were planning to do. We also made mention of things we'd like to do if we had enough time. I'm up there, telling everyone the features our CPU will have, adding that "if we get really ballsy, we can add a floating-point unit." What was great was that the rest of the class filled out feedback forms, and someone actually made mention of the fact that I "probably could have chosen a better word besides 'ballsy'." And I'm like, no way, fuck that - I got to use the word "ballsy" in a semi-serious presentation in front of a group of people.

So it looks like my friend Geoff Poon may be in some hot water.

Hey, so in addition to tabbed browsing and the pop up blocker, you know what else Mozilla can do? Block images from servers you tell it to block images from. This is great for keeping a lot of banner ads from appearing. Not only do I not have to look at that shit, but it also helps load times when you're on a dialup connection.

Hey, so who the fuck is Colin Farrell, and why the fuck do people keep making such a big deal about him? I hear a bunch of name dropping with this guy, so I presume he's the "it boy" of the moment or some such bullshit. Am I so out of touch with Hollywood and pop culture that I don't know who's "popular" or "in" anymore? Christ, I hope so.

So, since it was already on when I got home, I decided to watch Star Trek Enterprise's season premiere. Yup, still lame. It's not as if it's horribly awful like Cop Rock or Sports Night, it's just so fucking sub-par for Trek when I think of the original or Next Generation. It's almost like the Star Wars prequels are to that universe, only Enterprise doesn't have the shittiest actor ever (that kid who played Anakin in Episode II).

There are lots of problems with Enterprise which just make it seem like Voyager II. The writers don't give a shit about coming up with good, original stories (which may not even be possible with as much Trek as there's been). They could care less about continuity with established storylines from other series (you know, like the fact that it was well established that there were only six Starfleet ships named Enterprise... and yes, I know, that's fucking nerdy nitpicking, but it's not good when you can immediately destroy the premise of the show like that). Again, like Voyager, I could give less than a shit about virtually all of the characters. Scott Bakula is rather stiff, but cool, and Tripp is a good guy. That's about it - everyone else sucks. The Doctor is supposed to be quirky and kooky, I guess, but he's just annoying. Malcolm is the ship's bitch. Then there's Big Lips Blalock, who's apparently supposed to be hot, even though she isn't. I don't know about Hoshi. She was a real annoying, whiny bitch in the beginning. She actually started to get cool after she got laid in one episode, but I don't know if it took. Who am I forgetting? Oh yeah, Travis, who everyone forgets because he doesn't do anything.

Supposedly, this season the Enterprise is going to hunt Osama. No, I'm serious. From what I've read, the end of last season had some unknown species attacking Earth, September 11th-style. This season, they're taking on new crewmembers, the NARCs or something, and they're going to hunt after the new bad guys, the Xindi, who we've never, ever heard of in the later/earlier shows (depending on how you look at it), even though you'd think we would have if they had attacked Earth like that. There's supposed to be more action, and more sex! Big fucking deal. Remember how Jeri Ryan was really hot, and Voyager still sucked? In all fairness, though, in addition to being hot, Seven of Nine was a fucking cool character in the beginning when she was a total bitch. But, just like Abby on Law and Order, they softened her up and took all the fun out of the character.

Anyway, yeah. We'll see if I get back into watching Enterprise or not, but I'm not counting on it. One of the main reasons I fell out of the loop was because it was just too uninteresting to bother remembering or setting the timer for. Shit, I forget to watch or am too lazy to tape shows that are really good, like Real Time or Scrubs. If Enterprise is on, I might watch it, like I did tonight. But chances are you won't hear me saying "Hey, can you wait an hour? Enterprise is on."

No.

A couple more notes from Walt's report.

First, I am sick of this bullshit term "al Qaeda-type" fighters or terrorists. Just take a look at it, folks. The Bush administration's attempt to tie Iraq in with al Qaeda is so fucking weak that they have to resort to comparing anybody who picks up a gun or a bomb to al Qaeda. Shit, I criticize the US government and our foreign policy, so by their standards, I must be al Qaeda-type (sadly, some people would say just that, I'll bet). I know I don't have to repeat this for any of you, but any fucking terrorist could be considered "al Qaeda-type." This, of course, is just a limp dick attempt to make a mental connection between al Qaeda, the guys who really attacked us on September 11th, and the new guys, who are just pissed that we're in Iraq. The phrase is lame and it's despicable, but it's simple and stupid enough that people will probably buy it anyway.

The other thing is this worry that more terrorist attacks might occur on the 11th. There's always this worry that it's going to coincide with something - the anniversary, 4th of July, end of Ramadan, whatever. But does anyone remember September 11ths of yore? Remember how that day never meant anything before 2001? The only reason anyone could come up with for the terrorists picking that date because it could be read as "911." That's a pretty weak link.

We are in serious fucking trouble if they're worried about "a logical time for attacks," because the terrorists don't care about logical times. They care about inflicting maximum casualties, and they're not going to be so simple-minded as to do something at a time when we're thinking it might happen, and as such, at a time when we're marginally more ready. After all this time, I can't believe that they're still acting like the terrorists are stupid. Believe it or not, I don't care for Osama and the lot of them, but they are a bunch of smart motherfuckers. Clearly, they are, since they have the only remaining Superpower destroying itself from the inside. Considering the nature of terrorism, I don't have much hope that we'll ever win the war on it. I have even less hope as long as we continue to underestimate the enemy and give them more of what they want - excuses to come and kill us - while we tear down the freedoms and institutions that make us different from them.

God fucking damn it, Walt is still alive?

For anyone who didn't watch coverage of the war with me (which excludes about 6 billion people) back when we were in "combat," Walter Rodgers, or as he was simply known to me, Walt (biting tone), was my fucking arch nemesis. It all started one of the first nights when they were driving across the desert, and he was waaaaaaaaay too excited to be driving over fucking sand in a personnel carrier. He was the one who coined that stupid phrase "wave of steel." Yeah, that fucker.

Then there was another night where we the The Airport Formerly Known as Saddam International was under seige. Walt wasn't at the airport, oh no, he was on the road to the airport. Apparently, we'd blown up some sort of Iraqi tank or armored vehicle of some sort, and there were a couple of dead Iraqis laying around. I was doing something else at the time (probably downloading pornography or chatting with other perverts), and just left the TV on. Walt proceeded to describe the scene, in detail (not many details... shit's on fire, people are dead), like seven fucking times before they either cut away from him or I just turned the shit off.

There were a couple of times when someone in the media died or was killed. When I first heard the news, I got a little flutter of hope - "Was it Walt?" Then, when I found out that it wasn't, "Fuck!"

Also, get stoked: November 11th, the bloodsuckers at ADV are realeasing the Nadesico movie on DVD.

This would be fucking sweet.

Wow, Britney is smart!

So this is the fucking coolest t-shirt I've seen in awhile. It's not often I come across apparel that requires knowledge of both C/C++ and 1984 to fully understand.