I've got no right to lay claim to her frame; she's not my possession, you cunt.

So, I'm sure most of us have Youtube accounts at this point, and we're all getting lazy with it.  Even I'm coming up with nothing, then using my "recommended for me" list to try and find something neat to listen to.  I've come across a lot of interesting things while doing this, and I've been pretty pleased up until a month ago.  So, I grabbed a screen shot, and this is what's being suggested for me:

 

So, let's go through this, and analyze how it would possibly be of interest to me.  Keep in mind, that this list hasn't changed in weeks.

1)  The Halls of Montezuma:  It appears to be an old guy with a guitar, probably doing a cover of "The Halls of Montezuma."  I have no idea what that piece of music is, and apparently it's being suggested to me because I looked up the Fallout 3 soundtrack.  What this old guy has to do with the Fallout 3 Soundtrack, I have no idea.

2)  NEW WORLD ORDER! CAN BE FAULT.wmv:  Wow, this one is so classy, that it has a file extension on the end of it!  I also have no idea what that thing thinks I looked up, because I don't recognize looking up anything called "New World Order"  or "Can be Fault".  The billboard shows "Impeach Obama", and as much as I'd find that funny, I'm not terribly interested one way or another.

3)  Blink-182 not now:  Apparently this is being suggested to me because I looked up a typography (Moving type) scene from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.  How the hell do those connect?  At all?  Personally, I stopped listening to Blink-182 when I was in grade 8, and never looked back.

4)  Hal Turner CNN:  Who the hell is Hal Turner?  Apparently it's because I looked up "Scientology Bel Air".  Again, I don't remember looking this thing up, nor do I really care about it.  Again, who the hell is Hal Turner, and why should I care?

5)  Muse- Hysteria:  At last!  Something that remotely makes sense.  I was looking up Knights of Cydonia...  A few months ago!  This is apparently because I looked up Cage the Elephant.  I can see that connection, and it makes a sort of sense that should really appear more on this "Recommended for me" tab.

6)  Timbaland- The Way I Are ft. Ke...:  Okay, so I think I was in grade 9 when Timbaland first started influencing the trucker hat wearing, pants at their knees hooligans, and I didn't care then.  I'm not sure how looking up Cage the Elephant would backfire and send me this tripe.  Clearly this is a double sided sword when looking up music.

7)  swing girls:  Because I looked up Tokyo Godfathers?  Huh?  Is it because the swing girls look Asian from the thumbnail?  I don't even wanna click on that at all.

8)  Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da V...:  Uh, eh, huh?  Because I looked up Jimmy Webb?  Who the hell is Jimmy Webb?  Look, Youtube, seriously, just because I might have looked something up ages ago, doesn't mean it's the focal point of my interest.  Who the hell is this guy...?  Better question, why do I care about Iron Butterfly?

If you were to go through my Youtube history, it would probably mostly be AMVs (Anime Music Videos), and Team Fortress 2 stuff.  Not this stuff.

What is this stuff?

Anyway, it shouldn't be too hard to code a better way of recommending things for me.  Maybe a tally under catagories, or something?  hey, maybe even add a categories page?!  Anyways, see ya'll later.

I want the world wake, I want to give you peace. I want to vindicate, you need to be released.

Lately I've been thinking a lot about the very sensitive subject of abortion, and what my stance on it is.  See, I'm very much for the freedom of the individual, provided that the individual doesn't impede the rights of others.  That fits against the Pro-Choice argument, because "All life is sacred".  But this doesn't seem to constitute animals at all, only fetuses.

Not only that, but is a fetus a human life, while still in the womb?  It has no capability to survive by itself, it needs the mother's nutrients and body to survive, which puts it in the parasite column.  We kill parasites all the time in nature, so why is this any different?

After a lot of thinking, I came to the conclusion that I'm entirely pro choice, the choice going to the mother.  However, I'm actually pro abortion in some cases.  For example, if the life of the mother is in danger, like a younger girl.  If only one is going to come out of that, I'd prefer it be the mother, personally.  And if both would die, then why make them go through it?  I realize abortion has it's problems, but the chance to continue living is something I feel is important.  Is it fair to let a woman die, in exchange for a tabula rasa child, with no knowledge of it's own possible destruction?

Tonight I’ll have a look and try to find my face again. Buried beneath this house, my spirit screams and dies again

So, I gained access to a much coveted position in my school recently.  I became a Part Time student; meaning that I have two courses out of a possible four.  This lends me a pretty two free periods, and believe me, I certainly appreciate them.  However, on my second free period today, I encountered a rather unpleasant individual.  She was incredibly judgmental, going through my iPod, and telling me what is crap, and then going on to deny that Ska that comes before Streetlight Manifesto isn't true Ska.

Typically, this wouldn't bug me, just another quasi intellectual, too big for their britches.  However, they started talking about how they went through their rebellious stage, consisting of getting drunk all the time, and getting high/baked/etc, and how cool they were for doing it.

Excuse me?

Rebellious?

I'm not sure why no one else has seemed to write this, but this sort of self destructive "rebellion" isn't rebellious.  It's the norm, and people that think they're so bad-ass for doing it are dumb.  It doesn't make you cool, that you go out and do this sorta thing.  The main point I've heard on this is that "I can have fun without it, but I prefer being stoned/drunk/whatever."  Well, that's all well and good, but what good does it do you in the long run?  You get used to only being able to enjoy yourself with a drink or joint in hand, and become dependent on it for a good time.

I mean, hypothetically I'm more rebellious because I decided for myself that getting drunk was a waste of time.  I've had access to alcohol if  I wanted it since I was five, so maybe it's just because it was never a big deal.  I decided for myself that I wasn't interested in getting drunk or high.  If I happen to drink too much, that's one thing.  My goal however, isn't to get drunk from the start, it's to enjoy the taste of a beverage.  (For the record, I don't think I'm rebellious)

It's no different than liking something just to fit in.  The girl in question said herself that she only got into that sort of thing when she started dating her current boyfriend.  Given that, it's likely it was to fit in with his group more easily.

Speaking of people liking something to fit in, what's with all the Nightmare before Christmas fans?

I don't mean people who genuinely enjoy it, but rather the ones that run out and buy patches of Jack Skellington, and wear t-shirts of it constantly?  I'm referring more to Tim Burton fanatics here, by the way.  I've encountered several who've never really paid attention to, or seen the movies, but wear it because it's hip and popular.

I'm tired of people faking themselves just to fit in.  I met a very nice girl earlier this year who had been a closet anime fan, until she decided to be her own person, and now comes to Anime club, despite her friend's teasings.

In short, the world is very sheep-like, prone to stereotypes and brand marketing.  This shouldn't be how it is, but it is.

No offense was intended in this post, I'm just blowing off steam.